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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Heritage

A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

Closeup of a couple at the movies eating popcorn.
Step away from the popcorn … should cinemas insist on film-goers eating only snacks bought on site? Photograph: andresr/Getty Images (posed by models)

Look, there is a lot going on in the world at the moment and tensions are high, and the last thing I want to do is to fan the flames by bringing up a subject so divisive that it risks tearing apart the fabric of humanity any further.

And yet I must, because a cinema in New Zealand has just ejected two women for sneaking in their own snacks.

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