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Tim Curry has died

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Post by tomkarho »

cestith wrote: post #35

Annie, Clue, Command & Conquer, Criminal Minds, Legend, Muppets Treasure Island, Rocky Horror Picture Show He was an icon. It’s said you can tell a lot about a person by from where they recognize him.

I recall reading that Curry went to the same gym as the actor of Penelope in Criminal Minds and asked her (repeatedly as I recall) if he could get a role. Eventually he got one and delivered as Flynn perhaps the most terrifying unsub in the history of the show to date.

As someone who's exposure to him had been in the vein of Home Alone 2, C & C, Muppets and Ferngully where his portrayal had always had considerable amount of whimsy sillyness to it, seeing him take a seriously terrifying role like that was a wonderful experience.

Finale of season 5 and start of season 6 for those wishing to see for themselves (highly recommend).

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Post by SeriousM »

cestith wrote: post #35

Annie, Clue, Command & Conquer, Criminal Minds, Legend, Muppets Treasure Island, Rocky Horror Picture Show He was an icon. It’s said you can tell a lot about a person by from where they recognize him.

Oh my... The clown played an important role in my command & conquer childhood!

Thanks for the reminder!

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Post by vkou »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #201
Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In all seriousness, I think they'd only get away with it for about a month before international leaders started demanding answers and a live meeting.

I wonder if it even gets that far. He's so obsessed with the limelight that his (alleged, but very clear) health scare for a week drove headlines. There's also the factor of Vance. I'm surprised he hasn't tried to pull off the 25th, but perhaps he's waiting for popularity to completely erode. He's certainly not going to be a serious candidate for 2028 without an absolute miracle of a turnaround in the next 2 years.

You're assuming elections will be fair.

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Post by Beretta_Vexee »

esafak wrote: post #45

I've read that Rocky Horror screenings were something of an event, though I have not experienced it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show_...

There’s a small cinema in Paris that still screens 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' once a month; at certain times of the year, there’s even a troupe of amateur actors.

When I went to see it, it was a joyful shambles, with rice, water, ad-libbed lines, and drag queens surfing the audience.

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Post by nephihaha »

befictious wrote: post #161
callumprentice wrote: post #10

I was a fan since university when someone down the corridor would have The Rocky Horror Picture Show playing all the time... Imagine my delight at seeing him on a packed London Tube one morning on my way to work. He asked to get by and I said something like "Just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right?" waiting for him to burst into song with the whole carriage joining in.. He just scowled and pushed past -…

It'd be hilarious if it was just some dude who looked a lot like him and is just so sick and tired of how he can't go anywhere without people thinking he's tim curry

I went to school with someone who looked very like him, although he is much younger and lost his hair.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by nephihaha »

julnepht wrote: post #67

He was also very good as Pennywise the clown in the TV version of IT in the nineties...

I would argue that despite the miniseries' setbacks, he is the definitive Pennywise. Better than Skarsgard, who seems to rely on the Kubrick stare.
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