Movie and Teens

Last night I went to see the movie Step Up 2 the Streets. I’m sure I was the only white haired person in the place. It was full of teens. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I love dance and although I never understand the words the hip hop singers say I love the beat and the way the young people dance. Wow!!!
What surprised me though was the public behavior of the teens. That although on the whole they were good I saw some of them throwing popcorn around like it was nothing (they don’t think that someone has to pick it up and that it is making a mess – I could not help but wonder if they did that in their living room). I had three 15 / 16 year olds sitting in my row beside me and they spoke to each other like they were home watching TV. Then the cell phones came out as they texted away. In fact it was not only them, but quite often you could see the light of a cell phone come on. The lights from the cell phones in a theatre I find very annoying and mentioned to the girl beside me that the light was disturbing, so she held it down lower, and I put my hand up to block the light from it.
How does one go about teaching young people and teens in particular movie behavior? I’m not sure, but it is really noticeable when the movie theatre is full of teens there is definitely a different ‘feel’ than when there is mainly adults or an equalized mixture. No matter, I thoroughly loved the movie and sat there through the credits until the dancing was completed. I was the last person to leave the theatre.
I used to dance when I was young, and I love watching how the hip hop, stepping, and other new dances are done. Especially when they dance as a team. So a good night was had by me! How was your Friday night?
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Norma Cowie
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