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People are just as inconsiderate in live theatres. Even though we ushers wear buttons with a cellphone in a red circle with a red line through it, and an announcement at the start of the show tells people to turn their phones completely off, many CLODS still just silence their phones, and take calls or text-message during the show. And if they’re not using their phones during the show, they’ll talk during it. It’s like they think they’re sitting at home watching TV, instead of sitting in a big room with hundreds of other people watching a live show.
At least the snacks we sell at the theatre are quiet ones. The noise of movie popcorn is an age-old problem. In the 1940s, Spike Jones & His City Slickers did a song about it, called “Popcorn Sack”…a title which sounds rather vulgar, now I think about it.
If you really want an uninterrupted movie experience, go see a Canadian movie, some afternoon during the standard week-long theatrical release that most Canadian movies get. I had the whole big theatre to myself when I saw “Coopers’ Camera” last winter. Not the ideal set-up for watching a comedy, but the movie was hilarious, and I laughed so much I hurt myself.
Here’s what I discovered about seeing a movie in an empty theatre:
The Pros – No distractions. Plus, I could do things I’d never do if there was anyone else in the theatre—like guzzling my pop & belching like a total slob.
The Cons – There was no-one there to fully appreciate my magnificent, room-shaking belches. Not even an usher to say, “Holy %@#$!”
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