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Posted By: jay behrens

Barry's response reminded me of the 50th anniversary release of King Kong in theatres. I saw it at the Castro Theatre in SF. They had to stop the movie about half way through and make an announcement that if people couldn't stop hissing at the politcaly incorrect parts, that those people would be escorted out of the movie. That caused a major uproar and the manager said that those people that have a problem with it need to leave now as them making the movie unenjoyable for others would not be tolerated.

I stood up and applauded the guy for having the guts to stand up to the PCniks.

Not 5 minutes after the movie start, the lady sitting next to me started hissing again, as she had all through the movie. I got up, found an usher and she was escorted out. There wasn't anther sound to be heard the rest of the movie. I also got two passes from the manager to see the movie on another date as I was one of the people that went to manager originally during the movie to complain about all the hissing.

When viewing old movies, we need to remember that it was a different time, with different sensibilities.

Jay

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