Okay, this is kind of a sensitive topic, but I was hoping I could get a little feedback on this.
So yesterday my wife and I took our kids to see UP! at the cheap theatre (great movie, BTW). Anyway, there was a mentally handicapped guy with his helper sitting directly behind us. He moaned and groaned VERY loudly throughout the entire movie.
This didn't ruin the experience for us, but it definetely took away a lot of the enjoyment. The yelping was often jarring, sounding sometimes haunting, sometimes funny and sometimes pornographic.
I can certainly appreciate his right to enjoy a movie, but the fact that my experience (and those of others around me) was affected in a negative way seems a touch unfair. For those that are about to cry foul on me and say big f'n deal, suck it up, etc. please note that I'm not making this into a big deal. We sat through the movie, treated it as a learning opportunity for the kids about disabilities and went along with our day.
This question this raised for me is this: Are there some things in society that certain members are not capable of doing and therefore should not do? I'm not talking about banning mentally challenged people from movies, but would it not be appropriate for the helper to say, you know, I think with you we are just going to rent movies and we'll find other activities that don't require two hours of complete silence.
It just seems that we are quick to be inclusive when it is for the greater good sometimes to accept limitations instead of pretending they aren't there. At the end of the day, I thought it was rude of the helper to bring this gentleman to the movie. Anybody have any thoughts on that? Meh who knows, maybe I'm just a jerk.
