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(From left) Yoshi (voiced by Donald Glover), Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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Emmanuel Morgan
LOS ANGELES – “Chicken jockey!” was a rallying cry.
Movie theatres erupted when American actor Jack Black’s character uttered that gaming lingo in 2025’s A Minecraft Movie. Fans clambered onto one another’s shoulders. Police officers escorted out the rowdiest disrupters. In at least one screening, someone smuggled in a live chicken.
