The Science of Avoiding Disruptive Movie Audiences

How to minimise the likelihood of cinema rage

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You sit in a darkened auditorium, immersed in a film, enjoying an emotional high point, when in the corner of your peripheral vision, a light polluting message alert pings you down to earth with a dull thud. Perhaps that person will hurriedly turn off their phone, chastened by the chorus of disapproval now being direct…