Despite all the warnings about how the use of your cell phone will result in forcible ejection from the theater, texting during movies is fast becoming a blight on the modern cinema experience. I was hard pressed to concentrate on the subtle nuances of Fast & Furious with an entire row full of people next to me hunched over their little glowing blue screens, poking away at the tiny buttons in the dark. What are they telling people? “I’m still at the movie”? Who requires this information? Part of the fun of going to the movies is cutting yourself off from the outside world and immersing yourself in another one for a couple of hours, no?
Anyway, in some corners of the globe, this abhorrent behavior is not only tolerated, but actually encouraged. And it gets even worse.
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