Is there a good-manners vibe rippling through the universe, or at least through the Midwest?I am most grateful!
For the second time inside a month, I went to a movie (8 p.m. on a Saturday, "Julie and Julia," every single seat taken) and -- gasp -- cell phone silence!
I was about 5 rows from the front of the screen, so I can't say with certainty that the movie was completely free of ignoramuses who texted or pressed a button on their phones, thus emitting 1,000 lumens to annoy their neighbors.
But it was a (mostly) quiet audience, and I enjoyed the movie without someone else's running commentary or verbal predictions.
And, apparently, I had an etiquette lover sitting to my right. My friend/date-for-the-evening was sitting to my left. At the start of the movie, my friend leaned over and made some comment to me, full-voice.
Guy to my right announces, full-voice: "If we could not talk during the movie, that would be great."
It was all I could do to not say to him, "HEY! That's my job!"
My friend was quiet and respectful for the duration of the movie.
Thanks, polite and quiet people. You make movies enjoyable, and the world a better place.
