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When it was first released in 1975, and all throughout the '80s, "Rocky Horror" was considered dangerous and subversive.

Older "Rocky" regulars will likely tell you stories of how there used to be a lot more nudity and copulation in most theaters. "Rocky Horror" was a safe place for queer people, as cross-dressing, gender diversity, queerness, kink, and general outsider freakiness were celebrated.

In the decades since, queerness has become mercifully less "subversive," and "Rocky Horror" has become a lot more mainstream as a result. The mean age for live "Rocky Horror" audiences now hovers somewhere around 16 and public sex is no longer smiled upon.

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The film is, however, still rated R.

The mainstreaming of "Rocky Horror" led to the production of a few additional "family-friendly" options. In 2010, the hit TV series "Glee" put on a special called, natch, "The Rocky Horror Glee Show." That episode, along with all six seasons of "Glee" is available to stream on both Disney+ and Hulu.

The plot of the "Glee" special followed the show

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