It’s fascinating to watch somebody who has total belief in themselves and no evident talent for the medium they’re fanatically pursuing to throw themselves into the maelstrom with as much force and enthusiasm and boundless belief in themselves as Tommy does in that movie. Despite the film’s incoherency, audiences ritualistically throw plastic spoons, shout call-and-response lines at the screen, and toss around footballs in the aisles at monthly screenings. Knowing all the inside jokes and participatory cues gives viewers what sociologist Pierre Bourdieu termed "cultural capital". People who know when to shout specific lines or when to hurl spoons are deemed Room veterans.