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Videos of young moviegoers cheering and throwing popcorn in theaters when the term “Chicken Jockey” is yelled out in the film racked up millions of views on TikTok.

Being at home, it’s OK, but I love the smell of popcorn and I love to experience the reactions of other people.

Then again, maybe that’s a popcorn kernel for critics and other nerds, like another episode’s throwaway line from a former journalist who says she got blackballed for sucker-punching Rex Reed.

“It’s gonna be a good season and — what do they say, get your popcorn ready?”

A pure popcorn movie would pick fireworks over fleeing to safety, especially when the common wisdom of the time was that sequels were dreck.