One Man Takes Theater Shushing to the Next Level
Great, now the movies will need metal detectors
Wow, I hate people who talk in movies as much as the next person, but this story out of Philadelphia tells of a man who took things way too far.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting a South Philadelphia man enraged because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took care of the situation when he pulled a .380-caliber gun and shot the father, police said.
James Joseph Cialella Jr., 29, (pictured) was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons violations. There is no word regarding the status of the man that was shot, but the article reports the story of how it went down as follows:
Police were called to the Riverview Theatre in the 1400 block of Columbus Boulevard about 9:30 p.m. where the gunshot victim, a Philadelphia man who was not identified, told police a man sitting near him told his family to be quiet and threw popcorn at his son.
After exchanging words, Vanore said Cialella allegedly got out of his seat to confront the family when the father got up to protect them. That's when the victim was shot once in the left arm, sending others in the theatre running to safety.
Cialella then sat down to watch the movie. Police arrived a short time later and arrested Cialella and confiscated his weapon, Vanore said.
Recently I have come to be more outgoing in telling people to be quiet during films, but this is just scary. The worst thing I have done is walked up about five rows to tell a couple of girls to be quiet during my screening of Defiance. I can only hope the man that was shot it alright.
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