I notice movies do this a lot. They have people in a bar watching something on tv and giving their two cents.
It’s a storytelling device to provide the peoples say.
But did or does this ever happen?
sports or breaking news of some kind.
shareWhen OJ ran from the cops the bar i was at turned the music off and everyone watched.
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shareYeah, me too. I was at a bar with my father and the entire room went quiet and was transfixed.
You were at a bar with your dad in the middle of the day? That's awesome.
shareI had always thought it was the weekend because of that so I checked and it was on a Friday. But the chase actually happened in the afternoon in July (longer days) and we're on the east coast so 3 hours later. We must've met there after work.
Yeah...I hung out with my Dad whenever I could. Everyone wanted to hang out with him. He was a great guy.
We ended up following the OJ trial on radio and tv closely and talking about it all the time. We may be one of the few that didn't start out thinking him guilty but ended up totally convinced he was.
My pops was fun to hang with as well. I remember the OJ murders and trial well. The Oklahoma City bomber was around the same time. I was on vacation when both those crimes happened.
shareSports. I never watched a movie in a bar.
shareDefinitely. People used to meet in bars to watch popular television shows, maybe they still do, I'm not part of the bar scene anymore. But various bars in my area would have Survivor night, or Friends, or other popular shows; I'm pretty sure some did TWD back in the beginning. Some bars specialize in particular sports teams, like a bar down the street used to be Miami Dolphins central and they would get big crowds until it shut down for whatever reason. If you mean normal TV, like news, that tends to be in small taverns with guys hanging out after work, at least in my experience. Another local bar I used to frequent would play various action sports like skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, BMX, racing, and we would sit and talk about it.
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