And he went into 'Raging Bull' mode about audiences chatting on their phones during screenings, going outside to buy snacks and buckets of soda, and making such a racket that you can't hear the actors anymore..."

For someone like Scorsese, who views cinema as a sacred form, seeing a phone screen light up in a darkened theater is unbearable. Pete Travers recounts his exchange with the filmmaker:
"I asked the maestro why he no longer sees movies in theaters.

According to him, the experience has lost its magic due to distractions: constant cell phone use, disrespectful chatter, and a growing disregard for the collective nature of a screening.

shaping their minds into dangerous ideologies that foment hate against women, which makes the TV show more relatable to anyone who watches it."