Watch any sporting event on TV and
there's usually a team of play by play
announcers right there to make sure
you know and understand everything
that's happening on the field of play!
Some events even feature a play by
play announcer on the arena's loud
speaker system. He leads the cheers
for each score and identifies all the
players as they come into the game.
We had a team of play by play
announcers sitting right be us
yesterday.
Here's the unique part......all three
were women!
Here's the other unique part......we
were in a movie theater!
I first heard the commentary from
the trio while the previews of
coming attractions were rolling on the
screen.
Cross talk among the audience
isn't really unusual while you're
waiting for the movie. But it usually
fades away and ends completely when
the feature begins.
But these gals must have been 'pros!'
Since the movie was all about
famed FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
most everybody recognized
characters and events noted in the
film.
Still, during nearly all of the
dialog, I could hear the 'stage
whispers' of our talkers naming
names and predicting the next
move we were likely to see on the
silver screen.
I glanced back from time to time
hoping, somehow, to telepathically
suggest we let the actors and
screenplay tell the story.
It didn't work!
In hind sight I'm thinking I
should have thrown popcorn.
Then again, I like popcorn and
hate to see it wasted.
Maybe it's my fault.
I picked J. Edgar over Puss In
Boots!
Hope you'll enjoy your show
and that all your NEWS is good!
The 'play-by-play' team, yes.
ReplyDeleteThen it's the folks who remember to shut off the phone ringers but don't think twice about texting which provides for a planetarium-like effect of blue-white glows peppered throughout the audience.
The toe-tappers.
The folks who know the row of seats in front of them are leg rests.
Then there's the group evidently competing in the "Whose candy has the noisiest wrapper that takes as long as possible to open" contest.
I think a solution is to see movies that are likely to open outside of the top 5 on any given weekend. True we might not be all that interested but at least you walk out without feeling like you paid ten bucks to get annoyed!