Just a little Woodstock 99.

They're just micro-dosing Woodstock-99 in the Minecraft movie at like 2 o'clock on a Tuesday.

Yeah. Yeah. Over the last couple months, movie theaters across the nation and beyond have experienced a new youth menace, groups of Minecraft fans who film themselves going absolutely buck

wild when their favorite moment of the new Minecraft movie plays. We're talking about everything

from throwing popcorn to actually breaking the big screen itself.

In order to educate us on this new phenomenon, we've got culture writer and host of the podcast

this ends at prom on the show, B.J. Calangelo.

And together, we do our best not to moral panic while discussing what this new craze has meant

for those participating in, those experiencing, and those watching the destruction.

We'll also talk about how the Minecraft mayhem compares to other participatory movie experiences

like Rocky Horror and how it compares to the participatory movie experiences like Rocky Horror,

and how it compares to the rebellious mayhem that we ourselves once wrought upon the nation.

I'm your host, Chelsea Weber Smith, and this is American Hysteria.

Oh my goodness. I am so excited to be back here with BJ Colangelo. Boy, do we have something odd to talk about today that I know very little about?

Maybe you all know more than I do.

But for now, let's welcome BJ.

Hi, how are you doing?

Oh, hello.

Oh, I'm so excited to be back.

I'm always excited to be here.

But I'm especially excited when I get to talk about teenagers being

chaotic little gremlins. Yes, I think we both really enjoy that. So I guess we can just,

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