UK theatre gets volunteer ‘ninjas’ to shut patrons up A British cinema hall gets volunteers in black bodysuits to shock patrons into observing theatre etiquette

UK theatre gets volunteer ‘ninjas’ to shut patrons up

A British cinema hall gets volunteers in black bodysuits to shock patrons into observing theatre etiquette

    If you plan on texting/answering a call, conversing or throwing popcorn on your friends while catching a movie, don’t. If this trend which began at the Prince Charles Cinema, in London’s West End, catches on we all should be worried. The UK theatre teamed up with a Scottish company that produces skin-tight, headto-toe zentai suits, to create their own “ninja taskforce” made up entirely of volunteers who will pounce on you (but cannot hit or touch you) should you disturb your fellow movie-watcher.
    So why would anyone volunteer to wear headto-toe bodysuits? For free tickets, of course. That,
and the promise of anonymity.
Gregor Lawson, who conceived the ‘ninja system’ explains that he came up with the concept to enforce “an unspoken code of conduct when you’re watching a movie that some people just don’t understand. I thought I’d see if we could bring a taskforce to the aid of movie fans.”
    Would this work here? Yes, because we love freebies. We like to tell people to shut the hell up. We love the anonymity. And who doesn’t love being able to tell friends they're volunteer ninjas? No, because people lash out when confronted by ‘ninjas’. Because folks in skintight black bodysuits could send children into bawling bouts. And most importantly, because of the system’s potential for misuse.