Mario Bros Screening Interrupted By Image Of "Partially Undressed Woman"
You might have thought since The Super Mario Bros. Movie's theatrical run is starting to wind down, headlines about it would have all but disappeared. You'd have been right about that had it not been for a screening of the movie for primary school children in Northern Ireland that was briefly interrupted by an image of a partially undressed woman appearing on the screen.
Reported by BBC, police have been brought in to investigate. Occurring at Derry's Waterside Theater last Friday, the image appeared on the screen for a few seconds. The cinema has apologised for what happened but is unaware of how the image came to be shown on its screen.
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Waterside Theatre posted on Facebook shortly after the incident.The parents of the children, who were all of primary school age so between seven and 11 years old, were all informed of what happened soon after.
“Waterside Theatre is aware of an unfortunate but serious incident happening today,” the theatre posted on Friday afternoon. “We offer our sincere apologies to all those affected.” The police investigating the incident have requested anyone with relevant information that may help with the investigation to get in touch.
While this is a new first for the Mario Movie, it certainly isn't the first screening issue the Nintendo/Illumination behemoth has encountered since it debuted in cinemas. A network in Argentina aired the movie free of charge. The entire film was also posted on Twitter and remained on the site for longer than you might think considering how swift Nintendo usually is when it comes to taking down content shown through unofficial channels.
Even though people continue to go and see Mario on the big screen, it seems likely
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