But eating popcorn does not come from movies, but from American dramas. As we all know, American soap operas are long and funny movies. When you enjoy this kind of movies, if there is popcorn as food, you can better enjoy the fun brought by soap operas. Think about it, how enjoyable it is to see a joke in a soap opera, laugh it out and chew it out with a big mouthful of popcorn!
But after American movies entered the commercial period, some ridiculous movies were counted as killing time. How to make the audience appreciate them better? Popcorn, a good companion of soap operas, came in handy.