For now — and for the foreseeable future — movie theaters are closed. Fortunately, there is an alternative
Photo: @sallytamarkin/Instagram We’re five-ish months into the coronavirus pandemic, and things are getting pretty dire. Summer, somehow, is almost over, and many of the sources to which we normally turn for comfort and pleasure in trying times are unavailable to us. Central among them: movie theaters. On a hot afternoon in August, there are few better reprieves than sitting in a dark, frigid theater to watch a too-loud, big-budget blockbuster while you eat candy and drink a bucket of Diet Coke.
For the movie, Hannah chose Hulu’s Palm Springs — because, Madden told me, an authentic moviegoing experience involves seeing something “new and potentially mediocre rather than an old fave.” Madden’s Twitter followers replied with crying emoji and praise for her wife’s attention to detail, and Madden says their “silly home theater” helps fill a gap opened by the COVID-19 shutdown. Prior to the pandemic, Madden says, she spent as much time in movie theaters as possible.
Sally, too, offered a menu of snack options, and played a movie-trivia and Coke-commercial pre-roll she found on YouTube. While Andrea watched the ads, Sally made the nachos and margarita she’d ordered. “The preshow feel was by far [Andrea’s] favorite part of the entire experience,” she says. As an added bonus, Sally let Andrea pick the movie; normally, their movie-selection process involves more compromise.
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