To the editors,
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I suppose it wasn’t enough that they already managed to trash the McClurg Court theater, which before their sterling fig management took over, was one of the best showcases in town. That Chicago area moviegoers continue to put up with this shit, with nary a comment from local critics (who usually view films in separate press screenings anyway), always astounds me. I guess if you’ve never seen anything better (which you won’t at any Chicago first-run house), then you have no basis for comparison. I have seen films shown at third rate movie theaters in the Los Angeles area that would make any first-run house in Chicago look like someone was showing home movies in their basement. I guess because: were the “Second City,” we’re supposed to pay our $7.50, sit back, and be happy to take whatever crap is dished out to us.
Chalk up another gain for Corporate America, and another spit in the face to the moviegoer. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we get to pay more for parking now too.
