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Why do Americans clap when a movie is finished?
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Why do Americans clap when a movie is finished?
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to celebrate surviving it
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>>60040268
it only happens when the theatre is really crowded and people get rowdy. i saw zootopia alone at 2:45 PM and there was no clapping even tho there was one chinese guy there with his chinese son.
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>>60040299
/thread
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>>60040299
first post best post
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we do this? i don't go out much
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they clap and scream during the movie

they are not that nice
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>>60040268
Argentinians unironically do this. They also clap when a plane lands/
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>Being this new
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>being this shot
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>>60041793
>Icelandic banter
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>They also clap when a plane lands
What the hell?
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>>60040268
>airplane lands
>american tourist clapping
>no one else claps along
>they start clapping harder
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>>60040268
I'm just as confused by the clapping as you are.
I wonder if its a regional thing. I don't recall it happening here except at a film festival where people involved with the film were present to receive the applause.
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>>60042198
>going abroad on holiday
>descent starts
>plane lands
>start the mandatory clapping
>nobody joins in
>clap harder, don't want them to get into trouble for forgetting
>realize I'm on a connection flight and this isn't a US plane
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>>60040299
And they said canadians couldn't make good posts.
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>>60040299

Unbeleafable bants
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