# The Ring-OMG (spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-omg-spoilers/131595>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-omg-spoilers/131595 "2002-10-09T23:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-omg-spoilers/131595/101 "2003-04-05T21:54:37Z")

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Well, as long as we resurrected this thread…

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> I really don’t mind when people in the theatre gasp and scream at a scary movie. It adds to the suspense. It’s also an experience to see a scary movie in a theatre where the audience is mostly black. They really freak out. “Girl, you BETTER NOT go in that room!”

What the hell, **Knowed Out**? I don’t want to derail this into some huge racism discussion, but jeez. Apparently it didn’t bother anyone else, but I would like to register myself as not being terribly pleased by that statement. I’m sure you didn’t intend to offend, but you know that not every audience with predominantly black members reacts that way, right?

I’m waiting to see “The Ring” until I’m with my horror-movie buddy. Can someone help me out: what is the actual “ring” aspect of the movie?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-omg-spoilers/131595/102 "2003-04-05T22:06:31Z")

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**CadburyAngel** : While I’m sure that not every predominantly black audience reacts vocally to the action on-screen, the phenomenon is hardly unknown, either. FTR, I’ve seen films with both largely black and largely white audiences, and in general the black audiences tend to be more vocal. I don’t think that’s a negative racial stereotype – I think it’s just different cultures at work. Kind of like churches – visit a black Baptist church and a white Baptist church and you are likely to see _radically_ different services.

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