Last week I saw the doc #StrangeJourney: the story of Rocky Horror and totally recommend it!

What's funny is that I have never actually seen Rocky Horror Picture Show. But it's so culturally pervasive that I know lots of the characters and memes and famous lines. But I've always understood it to be a quirky cult classic with a with a big cosplay fan base, but not much more.

What I had no idea about was the film's significance to the queer community at that time (1975) and how generally transgressive it was for its time. It's also unique in that it started as a stage play, became a film with audience participation and then evolved further to become a film with a live cast on stage in front of the film.

A nice little touch is it is directed by the son of the original Rocky Horror writer.

Luckily, almost all the main cast members are still alive and could be interviewed for the film.

I'm really glad that I saw the documentary before seeing #RockyHorror, which I will obviously have to do now.