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March 08, 2006
Beware the Ziegfeld Posse
We’ve been to two movies at the Ziegfeld recently: Star Wars (okay, that’s not so recent) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (Derek is of the generation that reveres this movie). I love the theater – it’s huge and red and nostalgic for a more glamorous era of movie-going. Still, at each movie we’ve encountered a loud, obnoxious, pizza- and hot dog-eating posse of 20-somethings. This may have something to do with the fact that both movies were cultish Lucas films, but the behavior was so similar that I think it might be something else. They congregate around 20 minutes before the movie and grab seats. Then they stand in the rows gossiping or leave to get food from various street vendors. They don’t seem to have much regard for anyone else in the theater, and they don’t stop talking at the top of their lungs until the movie starts, at which point they clap and laugh uproariously at anything that might be perceived as an inside joke among cult film addicts. I wonder if there’s some hopelessly-single support group they all belong to. I wish they wouldn’t invade the Ziegfeld.
Posted by csageday at March 8, 2006 06:55 PM