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The magic of streaming shines brighter than that of cinema halls
The writer would love to enjoy films on the big screen but she can no longer endure the noisy snacking and yakking.
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You are set up to expect a hushed and darkened cinema hall, and it is wonderful when that happens, but frustrating when it does not, says the writer.
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Have you cried while watching movies on a plane? I have had tears trickle down my face as a character cries or dies. Have you smiled while streaming a show over a hawker meal or on a train?
It is thanks to the small screen – that magical little rectangle of moving colours which is a portal to another realm, that infinity you hold in the palm of your hand – which is an everyday hero meeting you wherever you are on planes or trains, at home or eateries, and lets us laugh, cry, and feel good while it is embedded in the everyday cacophony of the world around it.
