I went to an Indian cinema once, and it was literally full of men only. It was an awful film, made worse my the interjections of the crowd, who at one stage were even laughing and cheering at a rape scene. When the victim couldn't have an abortion, more cheers and laughter. I think I prefer silent cinemas in that case.

#75 I don't think my friend's ever experienced something like that, although she has told me that she absolutely hates a lot of Indian men because they are stereotypically the kind of misogynist, pigheaded idiots who would react just like you described, so I can imagine what you experienced may indeed have happened. My friend hasn't been to a movie cinema in India since she was 10 though and she probably only watched family friendly movies that probably were more fun-filled and happy and ..wouldn't have produced that kind of response from the crowd, so I'l admit her opinions are probably biased. I'm also not sure if Indian cinema is still like that, but yeah.

#80, tl;dr. When I was a kid, I heard the word "misogynist," I thought it was spelled "massage-onist" and was someone who gave massages. True story! Ok, carry on with your ranting.

I could understand that it could be fun, Indians love to celebrate and get involved, but when they do it's for the good and bad and based on their cultural upbringing. At the cinema I went to, there were only men. This was because the money women earned (if they even worked) went to the children's education so thus couldn't afford the tickets for the cinema. I could understand a cinema in a better off district the would be a more pleasant experience, but those cinemas aren't as common as they are nowhere near affordable to the masses. I just opted to never go to an Indian cinema again haha

I'm an Indian. Nope, that's not how it happens. At least not all the time. You just had the misfortune of going into the wrong place at the wrong time. Indian cinemas are largely as #73 described.

when... was I ranting? *confused*

That sounds absolutely horrible. When I go to movie I want to be able to hear the story and everything going on so that I take in the COMPLETE movie, not miss things the smaller things that alter the story because the person next to me was busy having an interactive experience.

#Chibichibi don't go to an Indian cinema then :P Honestly I think there should be a give and take, while I agree if everyone's carrying on during the talking scenes resulting in dialogue being missed then that's not fun at all, but I don't see anything wrong with, for example, the crowd cheering the good guy during a fight scene, I mean, assuming it's one without any words like most of them - what could you honestly be missing, other than having fun? :)

#78 singing along at a concert is totally fine. Most preformers encourage crowd participation. What's the point of going to a concert and standing there like a sheep. You can appreciate the music and sing at the same time. I hate going to a concert and seeing a crowd just standing there emotionless and unresponsive. I saw the smashing pumpkins and everyone was just standing there and not singing or dancing and billy corgan kept asking the crowd if there were enjoying the show ( which was fantastic) and then they would cheer. Bizarre

No, it is REALLY not okay to sing at concerts. I get the whole "unresponsive audience" bit, especially in smaller venues with less mainstream artists. But when my mom took me to see Sting at the Hollywood Bowl, some chick sat behind us, warbling the entire time. It was such a bummer. I mean, WE ALL KNOW THE WORDS TO ROXANNE. I'm a classically trained vocalist and I don't sing at shows; it's not ******* follow-the-bouncing-ball. There are even signs at the Bowl imploring the audience not to sing along! It's incredibly rude and disruptive to other's experience. Go sing in the car, man!

Have you been to a concert? most of them are so loud it is hard to hear yourself think let alone hear others sing.