Irritable Whale Syndrome

Picture of the Day for 8/23/2013. My niece Chantal and I saw Blackfish- a documentary about the problems associated with keeping Orca whales in captivity in general and specifically about a killer whale named Tilikum who actually was a killer, a fact that was kept from the trainers at SeaWorld until Tilikum famously killed a trainer in 2010 during one of the public shows. SeaWorld does not come off looking good in this film. It was a fascinating film; I highly recommend it.

We saw the documentary at the Broadway Centre Cinemas. As you may recall from a blog post from a couple of months ago, my brother-in-law David, movie-lover that he is, has a commemorative plaque on the back of one of the theater chairs. Chantal found her dad's chair and sat in it during the movie.