https://www.notesonattentionpaid.com/categories/theater/ en Sat, 02 Nov 2024 05:47:58 -0700 https://www.notesonattentionpaid.com/2024/11/02/i-hated-it.html Sat, 02 Nov 2024 05:47:58 -0700 http://mbkriegh.micro.blog/2024/11/02/i-hated-it.html <p>I hated it when it first started happening, but sadly have gotten used to it… our local theater is not so bad in this regard though…</p> <blockquote> <p>Nowadays we go to a movie and must watch commercials first. The relaxed, receptive state of surrender we like to reserve for the pleasure of entering into the aesthetic space of a film in a dark theater is now given over to advertising, where our sense and our sensibilities are assaulted against our will. <strong>(bell hooks, All About Love)</strong></p> </blockquote>