“We are very happy,” said Fouz al-Thiyabi, 35, the vice principal of a girls’ elementary school, who came with a girlfriend. “They should have done this a long time ago.”
She said she and her friends used to go to the movies abroad, like many Saudis who would flock to neighboring Bahrain or the United Arab Emirates on weekends to see the latest flicks. Now, she said, she looked forward to seeing movies close to home.
“I like modern movies, action movies,” she said. She knew little about “Black Panther,” but said she would have come no matter what the movie had been.
“I don’t know anything about the film; I came for the event,” she said.
Some observers have noted similarities between recent events in Saudi Arabia and the plot of “Black Panther,” which tells the story of a prince who takes charge of his kingdom, struggles against a rival to the throne and chooses to lead his people in a new direction.
Source : Nytimes
