I was watching “Bohemian Rhapsody” in Middletown. Spoiler alert – Freddie Mercury was a great singer and a homosexual man.
Someone in the audience needed to let everyone in the theater know that he disapproved of homosexuality by audibly grumbling and groaning when, two-thirds of the way into the movie, Mercury (gasp!) kissed another man.
The first time this idiot grumbled and groaned like a moronic 7th grader, there were some nervous giggles in the audience that the idiot might have perceived as approval. I think, it is more likely that people were taken by surprise by the very public display of assholery.
The asswipe was about two rows down and to the left of where I was sitting. The second time there was an onscreen kiss he grumbled and groaned again, expecting more “approval.” What he got instead was me saying “Shut Up, You Dick! You aren’t funny.” I said it loud enough and with enough edge that he would know I was ready to go, if he decided to make something of it.
Of course the chickenshit didn’t make anything of it. He meekly shut the fuck up. There were no uneasy giggles, and the second the credits rolled he and his wife bolted out of the darkened theater back to whatever shit hole they watch Fox News in.
I wasn’t going to share this story here. But what the heck. I think maybe saying that in the theater might encourage someone else to call out these chickenshit idiots in public. And if we are all ready to go, and have each other’s back – there is no way the assholes and idiots can continue getting away with their bullshit.
