Boundaries of Participation

I think this article did a good job at describing the ways that the audience interacted with films and the way the films were represented in society. The distinction between lower and upper class audience attendance is interesting to look at. She says that movies were perceived to be lower class when films were pre-narrative. During this time people would participate more in the film whereas when the films started becoming more narrative based the audience became more subdued and sat silently in their seats. What would be said about todays society and the way we watch films. She briefly touches on this at the end of the article by saying that people are starting to talk more again because of the fact that there are signs asking people not to speak during the movie. But what about those attending films. Are films going back to a lower class audience attendance? I think that audience participation is making a strong comeback especially with the popular interactions that people take with making their own spoof videos and remixes on youtube. Kathryn speaks about an experiment with the audience having their pictures being cast on the screen to be seen next to movie stars. This is what we are doing now, remaking movies with our own takes on what we liked, didn't or however we want to interact with the films. Magazines provide ample information to read, see, and learn about actors fans more than ever have complete access to the characters and actors that they see on screen. I think that with the lull in audience participation during the talkie films, I think participation quickly picked up again just more outside of the theater and into everyday live of moviegoers.

Also, this article mentions that people brought bag lunches and there were people selling peanuts. This answers part of my question about food during the early 1900's.