First off I think that there is more then enough room for all marching activities, I love the marching arts. cool!
It's the most annoying thing when you or someone says Drum Corps, and then the whole room goes, "WOW! Like the movie Drum Line?" Then you have to explain, in the most simplest way, that no I actually march Corps and what you see in the movie is Show Band style. There are so many ways that conversation can play out, and each way is annoying has hell if your trying to prove a difference.
I'm sure if the movie was about some "Actual Drum Corps" that all the "Historical Black Marching Bands" would be upset every time someone said, "WOW! Like the movie Drum Corps?" (I changed the name of the movie to help prove me point) then they would have to explain that, no they do Show Band and the movie was about Corps style.
I don't like the movie because I come from a different world, a different mind set. Also, the drumming does suck! I can do, and have done, everything in that movie... AND I'M A HORN PLAYER.
As for "Historical Black Marching Bands", they can't drum at the level that most Drum Corps can. No college band can, weather it's a Historical Black Marching Band in the south or some mostly white college band in Arizona.
But when I was in the theater, people thought that it was so cool! The movie wasn't really meant for people that new what drumming really is.