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This episode examines The Rocky Horror Show, and compares it with three of Poe’s works - The Fall of the House of Usher, Enchanted Palace, and Dreamland.

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Beginnings of Rocky Horror
 04:02 Movie Adaptation
06:01 Rocky (Horror) as longest-running movie
 06:40 Importance of movie
09:40 Personal reaction to movie
11:58 Ghost of Poe enters
13:40 Comparison with Usher
16:20 The Haunted Palace
20:34 Dreamland
25:55 Out of space, out of time (time warp?)
27:13 Sources 
28:12 Future episodes for Pride Month
29:48 Outro

• Learn about concepts that are in BOTH Rocky Horror and Fall of the House of Usher
• What do Rocky Horror and Dreamland BOTH say about a “time warp” (out of space, out of time)
• Learn about the role of “innocents” in Rocky Horror and House of Usher
• What does “don’t dream it, be it” mean?
• Learn what’s on the schedule for  LGBTQ  Pride Month.

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