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The resident curmudgeon at my local rag went to the movies for the first time in a while. She found it not to be a pleasant experience. Oh, the movie was okay; the audience, though, didn’t get even one star. A snippet.

My showing of “The Martian,” for instance, came equipped with a narrator nearby who provided an almost nonstop play-by-play in a loud whisper. No extra charge.

I couldn’t make out everything said, but the steady, distracting drone sounded something like this:

“Matt Damon,” she muttered as the actor who played astronaut Mark Watney appeared on the screen.

Follow the link for the bit about smart phones and dumb people.

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