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If I could figure out how to make movie theater popcorn at home I'd never darken the door to a theater again.

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Movie theaters are barely more than a century old. They largely replaced live theater which remains as a niche business. This is not to dismiss the point being made, but cable TV and much better TV that 40 years ago makes movies mostly something to experience at home.

The fun of being is a crowd watching something is still preferred but this oldster has not been into a movie theater in 10 years.

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EXCELLENT comment on that scene in The Shining, one of the best scenes in one of the best movies. I personally subscribe to the theory that the text is littered with clues that Jack is also sexually and not just physically abusing Danny.

"Does Tony tell you to do things...?"

"I don't want to talk about Tony anymore."

"Okay. That's fine." That grimace.

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