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Rocky Horror Picture Show Turns 40

By Laura Kennedy
Published October 26, 2015 at 9:45 AM CDT
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A film that combined corsets and fishnet stockings with Sci-Fi/Horror musical parody celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.  Laura Kennedy has more on the phenomenon of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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Reporter, content producer and former All Things Considered host, Laura Kennedy is a native of the Midwest who occasionally affects an English accent just for the heck of it. Related to two U.S. presidents, Kennedy appalled her family by going into show business.
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