Essay: My sister and I never got along. Tim Curry and The Rocky Horror Picture Show changed that

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Set us as preferred When people find out I have a sister, they ask if we are alike.As a Xennial, I turn to the MTV animated series “Daria” to explain our dynamic.

I’m the sarcastic title character in grunge wear and she’s the younger sister Quinn, her complete antithesis, in a pink crop top with plenty of eye rolls and sighs to spare for her older sister.Then I use another pop culture reference: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”Tim Curry, the actor who starred in the cult classic musical as Dr.

Frank-N-Furter, died Tuesday at 80.And in “Rocky Horror,” Curry gave life to more than a creation named Rocky — he built the foundation of my friendship with my sister.Long before I ever learned the steps of the Time Warp, I was a child who was enamored with Curry.He starred as the butler Wadsworth in 1985’s “Clue.” My mom taped it when it first aired on cable a couple of years later and since it was based on a beloved board game, I was invested.

I found the movie, and Curry’s performance in particular, so hilarious (murders in a creepy mansion did not faze me, I was also a “Murder, She Wrote” fan) that I watched it every weekend for a year.I still remember sitting in front of the VCR to press the rewind button to rewatch my favorite part — when Wadsworth explains the crimes.

Movies After countless screenings, the classic midnight movie turns 50.The story of its success owes much to L.A.’s Roxy Theatre — and to the audiences who found themselves in it.You know that campy video with the terrible special effects of Curry singing “Anything Can Happen on Halloween” that resurfaces every fall? Yeah, “The Worst Witch” was another taped-from-the-Disney-Channel special in my rotation.My sister Andrea, who is 5½ years younger, never really watched these with me — although you could argue tha...