Twitter User Shares Horrible Experience Of Watching ‘Wakanda Forever’ In A Theater With Indian Men Passing Racist Slurs. This Is Sad!
Do you remember your worst movie experience in a theatre? No, not because the movie was bad, but because some hooligans in the audience had made the movie unbearable because of their constant and unnecessary comments. They can even get to be sexist and racist, to a point that it becomes uncomfortable and very problematic. A Twitter user recently shared such a horrible experience of hers while watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in a theatre in Chennai. The user highlighted how some men passed racist slurs at the actresses in the movie.
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Greeshma Kuthar, a Twitter user in a thread, shared her whole experience of watching Wakanda Forever in a theatre in Chennai. She wrote that some men just did not stop making racist remarks at the female actors whenever they appeared on the screen. They even referred to them with male pronouns. No matter, how many times the men were asked to keep quiet, they continued making fun of the female actors. As per the Twitter user, the men even made caused disturbance during the emotional scenes and spoiled the whole movie-watching experience for other audiences in the theatre.
Watched Black Panther yesterday at AGS T Nagar. Throughout the duration of the film, some men kept screaming 'kurangu', 'kurangu moonji', and all kinds of racist slurs. Yes this happened in my city Chennai. Everytime a Black woman came on screen to do anything, these men would
— Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja) November 13, 2022
cackle. They kept referring to Shuri the lead as monkey and using male pronouns. When Nakia came on screen, along with cackles, there was 'Paru da saamiyar'. I don't know what it was, I don't know if these men couldn't stand Black women on screen that they wouldn't stop making
— Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja) November 13, 2022
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The user pointed out a very important point that the protagonists in the movie were so powerful in their performances yet they were shamed by some men throughout the movie just for the way they look. The user was enraged at the fact that after creating such a ruckus, those men left the hall feeling proud.
fun everytime any of them even opened their mouth. A couple of times I heard people say 'Silence' but these disgusting people didn't stop. After a point I went looking for somebody from AGS to intervene and get them to shut up. They didn't so much, they kept cackling at the women
— Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja) November 13, 2022
even in the most emotional of scenes, ruining it for everybody in the damn theatre. We were sitting in the balcony so I couldn't even see who these people were or walk up to them and punch them in the face but this was my worst movie experience here in Chennai. Hardly such movies
— Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja) November 13, 2022
with strong woman protagonists are made and yet, this is what happens. It's not even shocking, it's disgusting and that these men did this in an open hall filled with people ruining it for everybody and then walked away like geniuses – wow. CHI
— Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja) November 13, 2022
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This is certainly a concerning issue that has been brought to light by the user. There are many times that we avoid going to single-screen theatres, because of an annoying crowd and now the multiplex theatres have been having a similar situation. There should be some kind of penalty or rule if any person in the audience tries to break the decorum of the theatre. I wonder why was there no immediate action taken against this group of men. Even if they have paid to watch a movie, that in no way gives them the right to behave in an unruly manner, and that too publicly passing racist slurs.
First Published: November 14, 2022 4:20 PM
