Because I WORK during school hours. And for the record, if the one theater in the area with adult-only showings was the Boston Common or the Harvard Square, I would be perfectly okay with that. The point I'm trying to make is that all three theaters are fairly conveniently located if you're traveling from Davis Square, and only one of the three bans children for part of their operating hours. Am I putting my needs in front of someone else's? Yes. Abso-frickin'-lutely. Because I'm just selfish that way. For a few hours a day, I like to attend to my own damn needs. I guess I'm just going to Hell for that one.
And for the love of God, can you stop harping on the alcohol issue? I don't drink, myself, but that's another service that, IIRC, has been lacking in this area. A lot of those adult-oriented theaters I mentioned? The ones that are, in the majority, not conveniently located if you're in and around Davis Square? They serve alcohol too. There's a demand for it. The Somerville Theater is meeting that demand. Nothing wrong with that, and I have yet to have any problems with drunks there. Some people actually can handle their liquor.
This is not the theater from your childhood. Well, kids aren't the kids from your childhood, TV shows aren't the TV shows from your childhood, and you can't get good penny candy anymore. Times change. Things change. Businesses change, particularly when they pass into the hands of new people who have sunk a lot of time and money into turning them around. The Somerville Theater is not a public service, and it is not your babysitter, and I don't particularly want it to be either of those things. Especially not the latter.
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And for the love of God, can you stop harping on the alcohol issue? I don't drink, myself, but that's another service that, IIRC, has been lacking in this area. A lot of those adult-oriented theaters I mentioned? The ones that are, in the majority, not conveniently located if you're in and around Davis Square? They serve alcohol too. There's a demand for it. The Somerville Theater is meeting that demand. Nothing wrong with that, and I have yet to have any problems with drunks there. Some people actually can handle their liquor.
This is not the theater from your childhood. Well, kids aren't the kids from your childhood, TV shows aren't the TV shows from your childhood, and you can't get good penny candy anymore. Times change. Things change. Businesses change, particularly when they pass into the hands of new people who have sunk a lot of time and money into turning them around. The Somerville Theater is not a public service, and it is not your babysitter, and I don't particularly want it to be either of those things. Especially not the latter.