The first-run theatre in Washington DC (I've forgotten the name) where I
saw 2001 was as thick with smoke as a boy scout camp at sunset. Joints were
passed freely through the aisles (I doubt that they were management
furnished), and the collective "oh, wow" choruses, especially at the
stargate sequence, would have been enough to make today's complainants
about audience noise run from the theatre in horror. Of course, no one left
and no one complained.
 
Gene Walz
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
 
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