Drabble by Kevin Fagan for July 28, 2014

I haven’t bought anything to eat or drink at a movie since I was a kid, and I never have any desire to do so. It’s just a simple habit. Once the habit is broken, since it doesn’t make sense to pay their prices to buy things to eat or drink in a movie theater, it’s not something you even consider doing.

I always buy one or two things since theaters do not make any money on ticket sales. Nearly all of their revenue comes from concession sales.

Really? Wearing her apron at a movie?

Oh just sneak in a 24oz bottle of something…

@TobotRedrum: Agreed. The exception being a “drafthouse cinema”, which I’m lucky to live within driving distance of. These are brew pubs (with a nice dinner menu) built around a big screen. You get to sit at a table (or on a couch) and enjoy the movie while you eat and drink. Much more fun than a regular cinema, and it costs less (typically around $5 tickets – they expect to make their money from the food and drink.)

The only downside is that these places generally don’t get first-run films. So you end up seeing the big blockbusters a month after everybody else does. It’s still worth it to me.

(Of course, I still see most of my movies on home video anyway…)

When I was in my 20’s living in Seattle we snuck Chinese food into the theater and chowed down during the film.

The best was probably making full-on dinners like eggplant parmigiana or lasagna w/garlic bread and going to the drive-in!! (the wine was good, too!)

I never bought comestibles there. In college, I survived a year of bad dorm food on a half dozen Spudnuts and a quart of milk openly carried in to the theater. They feared a campus-wide boycott more than they wanted the extra income. This was in the days of four channels, no cable, and no TV in the dorms (one set in the student union). They had a good thing going and knew it. I can see the spoiled brats at SMU facing that today!