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Lets Go to the Movies

True or false: black people are never quiet in movie theaters? If you answer true, you’re racist. LOL Just kidding. However, the assumption, in the States is that black people are never quiet during the movies. It is assumed that if a black person is in the theater, there is a 99.9% chance that they will talk back to the screen. As a black person who lived in the States, I can neither confirm nor deny this assumption. However, I can tell you that, the saying is true in Nigeria only because the population is 99.9% black. :) 

Since, I’ve been in Nigeria, I have gone to the movies three times, therefore, I am an expert on the Nigerian movie going experience. Don’t argue with me, just trust me! Normally, in American theaters, the coca cola guy tells you to silence your phones so all can enjoy the movie going experience. In Nigeria, nobody tells you to silence your phone. In fact, you dare not try it. Nigerians will look you up and down, as if you’ve lost your ever loving mind and then ask if your father owns the theater. LOL. Therefore, anything goes. You can talk all you want and no one will check you.

When I was at the movies with my cousin, her phone rang, not vibrated, it rang, loud too. If this had been me, I would be embarrassed and I would have tried all possible means to silence the phone. My cousin, however, was not like me. She took her phone out and answered the call. In the movie theater. While we were watching the movie. She had a full blown conversation. To my surprise, nobody glared at her (except me, of course), nobody told her to get off the phone, nobody threatened to call the manager, in short, nobody checked her. I was shocked!! In the U.S, the entire theater would have turned on her and called her all sorts of names but in Nigeria, nobody cared. Nobody was concerned because they were busy on their phones too.  She eventually got off the phone, and continued with the movie, of course she was lost but that’s her fault for talking on the phone instead of paying attention to the movie she paid for. Lol.


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  1. Unknown22 May 2017 at 04:28

    I can't wait to travel! I've only been out of the States once abc am Itching to leave again. Thank you for sharing your life tidbits! - Alisha from trickyvibes.com :) - @trickyvibes

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  2. Unknown22 May 2017 at 15:13

    Nkechi
    What type of movies are shown in their theaters? I was always curious about that

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    1. Unknown23 May 2017 at 09:17

      They show Nigerian movies that are made for the cinema and also American films.

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