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Anecdotally, there are two in my town. One seems to go bankrupt every few years. I’ve been told (by somebody who would know) that the other basically survives t

by 542458 5y ago

Anecdotally, there are two in my town. One seems to go bankrupt every few years. I’ve been told (by somebody who would know) that the other basically survives thanks to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Room, and Troll 2. Everything else loses money according to that fellow.

lumost 5y ago
This type of theater is closer to the business model of community theater. Your banking on the notion that enough people are interested in seeing a particular set of classic movies to make ends work - or more likely you're betting that you can lose money slow enough to make a fun go of things.
narrator 5y ago
The phenomenon of "The Room" being one of the most popular cult movies ever needs to be examined. I think the thing that makes "The Room" work is its raw authenticity. It totally, unashamedly owns its weirdness. Badly written novels and screenplays often have the feeling of watching a cheap puppet show where the author is clearly visible puppeteering all the other characters because they act unrealistically and in accordance with the author's poor understanding of the world and people. In "The Room", the painfully eccentric author is not only puppeteering, but he's acting and directing it, and not in a hypothetical way. It goes so totally over the top with that that it's epic in an unexpected way because the writing intends to be serious.
- oceanghost 5y ago
  The Room, like all great comedies is lightning in a bottle. It's a key that fits a lock nobody knew about, and I'm not sure what you'd learn by studying it. If I could rephrase your statement slightly, what is funny is the delta between what was intended and what ended up happening. I am going to say something unkind, even though I am literally sitting next to a framed and signed Tommy Wiseau head shot and generally adore the guy. It is very obvious that the room springs largely from what appears to me to be some sort of brain damage.

by 542458 5y ago

lumost 5y ago

This type of theater is closer to the business model of community theater. Your banking on the notion that enough people are interested in seeing a particular set of classic movies to make ends work - or more likely you're betting that you can lose money slow enough to make a fun go of things.

narrator 5y ago

The phenomenon of "The Room" being one of the most popular cult movies ever needs to be examined. I think the thing that makes "The Room" work is its raw authenticity. It totally, unashamedly owns its weirdness. Badly written novels and screenplays often have the feeling of watching a cheap puppet show where the author is clearly visible puppeteering all the other characters because they act unrealistically and in accordance with the author's poor understanding of the world and people. In "The Room", the painfully eccentric author is not only puppeteering, but he's acting and directing it, and not in a hypothetical way. It goes so totally over the top with that that it's epic in an unexpected way because the writing intends to be serious.

oceanghost 5y ago
The Room, like all great comedies is lightning in a bottle. It's a key that fits a lock nobody knew about, and I'm not sure what you'd learn by studying it. If I could rephrase your statement slightly, what is funny is the delta between what was intended and what ended up happening. I am going to say something unkind, even though I am literally sitting next to a framed and signed Tommy Wiseau head shot and generally adore the guy. It is very obvious that the room springs largely from what appears to me to be some sort of brain damage.