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[olivermoss]

The theater had the cups! I am 2/3rds through the marathon of watching season 1 in it's theatrical release, and I am mixed on this as a group viewing experience. I'm going to go to the final eps today, but the people at the theater last night had very 'OMG isn't it wacky that we are doing this', almost bachlorette party vibes. They were whooping during the bathroom scene.

At first I was like 'am I just old?', and maybe it's a generational thing, but I've seen a lot of adult fannish content at cons and suchlike and usually one person in the crowd wolf whistles once, and it's not a during a sex scene. It's during a different scene were taking a comment or something as sexy is funny for some reason. Last night, the whistles were constant through the first ep.

I tried to just roll with the vibes, but the show is a very weird fit for that sort of energy, especially the bathroom scene. I'm mostly finishing it out because nerds like to marathon things, Portlanders like to marathon things, I'd just like to be able to say I did the thing. Also, the final two eps are a better fit for rowdy energy.

I don't know what I expected. I just woke up one day and saw the run had been expanded to the US and impulse bought tickets before even having coffee. I also bought two each for each showing, and was unable to find anyone to go with. I didn't think it would be difficult, especially since people do offer up free extra tickets to things in my local bookclub discord.

Comments

[mistressofmuses]

The theater has CUPS? Amazing.

That is a little unfortunate about the audience attitude. :/ I do think that a lot of people are so fundamentally embarrassed by anything even potentially sexual (and especially anything earnest/emotional/genuine and sexual, as opposed to "raunchy comedy this is so funny omg that was a sex joke" sexual) that the reaction is laughter, or at least making it clear in some way that like, you aren't into it, and of course you aren't taking it too seriously, as a defense mechanism.

I don't mind rowdy energy about a "shared experience" type thing, but it does sound like a weird match.

I'm glad you're getting to go as the experience of getting to see it in theaters!

[olivermoss]

Yeah, they might now have known how else to approach it (but something about bachlorette party energy to the gay sex show... yeah, it felt very off-putting. Like in private spaces that's fine, but... well they might just think this is how everyone approaches the canon.)

I am glad I went. I did the thing.

[rekishi]

and yet this is my *least* favourite promo pic, really.

[olivermoss]

I like it, but I really liked the BTS video of the shoot. But mostly I am enjoying having HR on a movie theater cup. I didn't get the popcorn bucket because I didn't like where they placed the barcode