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The Room

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Cult film referenced as an example of something with ironically entertaining special screenings with audience participation.

Mentions (10)
"With something like The Room or Plan 9 from Outer Space, or something, the movie inherits something more than itself; that curious feeling of "guilty pleasure" that makes people crave these movies owes it's existence to the "amateur-auteur" nature of the film, a passion unadulterated by immersion in"
Notes on "Cocaine Bear." · u/JoCrude · ↑430 · 2023-03-03
"You'll get The Thing, Oldboy and The Room all showing in a single day. I've got a million fond memories going there, getting drunk with my friends in the park nearby, eating American-sized portions of spicy food in this incredible Cantonese chicken place, then laughing our asses off at whatever so-b"
"This behavior sucks and completely takes me out of the experience. Not every movie needs to be turned into "The Room"."
"Irony poisoned" crowds at serious movie screenings... · u/BadgemanBrown · ↑304 · 2026-01-03
"Like these mfs want to treat every goddamn rep screenings like it's Rocky Horror or The Room. I've walked out of screenings because of this and I would do it again."
Performative laughter is ruining the movie theater experience · u/michael_cerave · ↑178 · 2025-03-29
"For me it's: -Jeremy Fragrance videos -Trisha Paytas 'Do dogs have brains' -Tommy Wiseau's The Room -Daddy would you like some sausages song (don't fully understand why) -book The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola -Bruno Dumont's movies"
What media reliably makes you laugh? (properly, out loud) · u/gargoylezooo · ↑72 · 2022-07-26
"You'd think it would be like The Room or Rocky Horror Picture Show"
I'd Pay Money To See "Trapped In The Closet" In Theaters · u/MonsterMash555 · ↑37 · 2025-05-11
"Because of this, I don't think it will become something people watch repeatedly at annoying special screenings where they bring plastic fetuses to throw at the screen when the talking fetus makes an appearance, like The Room or Rocky Horror. It isn't ironically entertaining enough for that."
"Tommy Wiseau's The Room"
What media reliably makes you laugh? (properly, out loud) · u/gargoylezooo · ↑72 · 2022-07-26
"You'd think it would be like The Room or Rocky Horror Picture Show"
I'd Pay Money To See "Trapped In The Closet" In Theaters · u/MonsterMash555 · ↑37 · 2025-05-11
"I don't think it will become something people watch repeatedly at annoying special screenings where they bring plastic fetuses to throw at the screen when the talking fetus makes an appearance, like The Room or Rocky Horror"
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