Is this the end for popcorn? Cinemas ban the 'noisy, messy' snack
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Daniel Broch, owner of the renowned Everyman Cinema Club, said that he is aiming to provide a more sophisticated service for cinema-goers.
He has already banned popcorn from his 17-venue empire, instead offering made-to-order canapes and a waiter service.
He vowed: 'I will de-popcorn every new venue I acquire. It has a disproportionate influence on the space in terms of its overwhelming smell, the cultural idea of it and the operational problems created by the mess it produces.'
The company brochure even features an endorsement from Sir Paul McCartney describing it as 'too posh for popcorn'.
Nicolas Kent, artistic director of the award-winning Tricycle cinema and theatre in London, added: 'Popcorn is horrible stuff and I won't have it anywhere near my cinema.
'It's a form of junk food and that encourages junk entertainment. Its smell is all-pervasive, it makes huge amounts of mess, and it distracts and annoys people intensely.'
Popcorn does all that? All by itself? By all means yes! ban it along with all those guns that kill people on their own too.
Once again, a reminder... the sun never sets on the insanity in England.
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