You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa! – The Year`s Work on The Room, the Worst Movie Ever Made: The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory

-- Adam Rosen is a fulltime freelance writer and book editor who has contributed to the Los Angeles Review of Books, TheAtlantic.com, Atlas Obscura, and many more. The Houston Chronicle wrote that he has earned the strange distinction of one of the country's foremost experts on The Room. Contributors include film journalists, prominent pop culture writers, and academics. -- The Room is dubbed the worst movie ever made, but a quintessential cult film and an iconic site of fan culture. There is renewed and ongoing interest evident in The Disaster Artist, originally a memoir about the making of The Room told by a film costar. James Franco adapted it in 2017 into an American biographical comedy-drama film that chronicles the relationship between the budding actors who created The Room. The Disaster Artist achieved critical and commercial success, award nominations at the Golden Globes, Oscars, Screen Actors Guild, and more. During the release of The Disaster Artist, articles about it and The Room popped up in major news outlets and entertainment magazines including the NYT, NPR, The Atlantic, and more. -- The Year's Work series is dedicated to the analysis of recent fan cultural phenomena. This book explores the idiosyncrasies of a specific cult film and the fan culture around it. The series description states that suitable topics will most likely require a multidisciplinary and often coauthored approach. -- Target audience includes film buffs and fans of The Room.