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Americans applaud at the end of a movie? That's so adorable!
I love "talking back" to movies, it makes the experience more intense. Like screaming when riding a rollercoaster. I also love to watch movies with friends and talk about what happens on screen. Of course we keep it down at public theatres, but in private we scream, cry, swoon, bitch, laugh and cut the movie to pieces with great gusto. Some of the best movie/theatre experiences I've had are when the audience becomes alive and our hearts seem to beat in unison. This entire sitting still and shutting up thing at the opera/movies/whatever has only been around since maybe the late 1800's anyway.
To get the background: I'm white, most of my friends are white, we are all well educated and most come from well educated families. And I hate when people with disgusting lung diseases goes to the Opera.
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