For those who love the cult glamour of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the second generation has arrived.

The Student Union Board is presenting “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” tonight at 8 in the Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union for $2. The film will also be showing Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

“This film is a total reinvention of the rock genre,” said Tom Seymour, graduate adviser to SUB. “It’s `Rocky Horror Picture Show’ squared.”

The film tells the story of Hedwig, born Hansel, who underwent a sex change operation in order to marry the American soldier she fell in love with and to escape from East Berlin to America.

However, the operation is not a complete success, leaving her with the “angry inch.” Years later, finding herself divorced and alone in a trailer park in Kansas, she forms a rock band through which she meets lover Tommy Gnosis, who eventually steals her songs and becomes a famous rock star.

Hedwig and her band, The Angry Inch, follow Tommy’s stadium tours and perform in chain strip-mall seafood restaurants to a few bewildered customers and some die-hard fans. Through her songs, Hedwig tells her life story and capitalizes on her fame as Tommy’s ex-lover.

The film stars and is directed by John Cameron Mitchell, who along with composer and lyricist Stephen Trask created the off-Broadway musical from which the film is based.

Seymour said the film hadn’t been shown in theaters anywhere around the area, so SUB decided to bring it to Iowa State for students who haven’t seen it and for those who haven’t even heard of it.

“We wanted to show less mainstream films,” said Victor Roman, SUB director. “We try to show movies from all cultures, including the transgender culture, which ISU students don’t have much exposure to.”

Roman, junior in computer science, said self-described “Hed Heads” have developed a following of the film and come dressed in drag.

“It is the new `Rocky Horror,’ minus the scripting, special effects and props,” Roman said.