Contestants clapping on the telly. Why?

[ASC1951]

...probably because the ticket prices are so high, people feel ripped off even if they thought the film was awesome.

Eh? If that was true, why would they have bothered going?

 

[MontyVeda]

big screen experience.

 

[ianrauk]

Applauding a good film used to be common in my youth... never see it these days, probably because the ticket prices are so high, people feel ripped off even if they thought the film was awesome.

Yup, remember that too. And everyone used to wait until the end of the credits before leaving. Now as soon as it's ended people are up and out.

 

[PaulB]

Yup, remember that too. And everyone used to wait until the end of the credits before leaving. Now as soon as it's ended people are up and out.

My dad used to tell me that people got in to the habit of doing that because up until the late 50s/early 60s, they would end the evening (not just one film but features and a B film before the main event!) by playing the National Anthem. And anyone not standing proudly or moving towards the aisle was treated with scorn or could be arrested!

 

[Arjimlad]

This immodesty is just not British !

 

[ColinJ]

My dad used to tell me that people got in to the habit of doing that because up until the late 50s/early 60s, they would end the evening (not just one film but features and a B film before the main event!) by playing the National Anthem. And anyone not standing proudly or moving towards the aisle was treated with scorn or could be arrested!

They were still doing that when I was in my 20s, 30-odd years ago!

In those days, they not only stopped broadcasting TV around midnight, but they shut down to the strains of the damn national anthem. I used to leap up and turn the TV off as quickly as I could, to avoid that dreadful dirge. (That was before we had remote controls!)

I used to like going to see double bills, especially when they did double As rather an A film and a B film. Midnight Express and Taxi Driver made a big impression on me. A more curious pairing was the cheesy 50s version of War of the Worlds and the super 60s cult classic If...

 

[MacB]

I saw Casablanca at the cinema few years ago and there was clapping at the end from the mainly 'older' audience - I thought it was rather nice.

I know what you mean I quite often applaud our home appliances just so they feel more appreciated

 

[PaulB]

Ah, the olden golden days. I don't think I'd be alone in clapping the sight of an usherette backing down the aisle with a tray of ice cream, Kia-ora and popcorn in a cinema nowadays.

 

[Shaun]

Pst ..... quick word with Shaun/Mods

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[threebikesmcginty]

I know what you mean I quite often applaud our home appliances just so they feel more appreciated

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**** off nobber!

 

[Biker Joe]

Because they are told to by the floor manager, who has his/her orders from the producer.

+1

 

[MacB]

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**** off nobber!

 

[Minotier]

It is a ploy by the media to reduce the intelligence level of the country as a whole and make us all the more easy to control!
Soma for the drones!

 

[PaulB]

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Fanks Shorn.

 

[Minotier]

I used to like going to see double bills, especially when they did double As rather an A film and a B film. Midnight Express and Taxi Driver made a big impression on me. A more curious pairing was the cheesy 50s version of War of the Worlds and the super 60s cult classic If...

I will always remember in 1971 our English teacher took a coach load of us to the laugh and scratch in Rotherham to see Jane Eyre with George C Scott and Susannah York. The B film that proceeded it was Endless Night and had a naked Britt Ekland running around in it. Happy memories of merry mirth from a class of 14 year old lads and a very red faced teacher!!
Now where did I last see my DVD of Endless Night?