> -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: woot. yay capitalism! > > Interesting statement. I recall neighborhood theatres that were set up > here for > the explicit purpose of screening only "family" type movies. No PG-13, or > higher ratings. 100% of them have gone bankrupt, or closed down. So > much for > "family oriented theatres" On the other hand, it is a money and profit > motivation. > By restricting the theatre to Adults only, the theatre operator will make > more > profit, and can eliminate expenses that would be required to cater to > children, > and protective measures. > > I know there are plenty of families with kids that will drag them along to > screenings of inappropriate subject matter, mainly because it is of > interest to > the parent. There are more that prefer to invest in DVDs as an expense
It depends upon the age of the child. Breast feeding infants for example may cry during a show, but are not going to be warped for life by watching inappropriate material. It's also these new parents that are more likely to want to go see movies (having, presumably just "lost" the freedom to do so). The expense of sound proofing a row of seats is fairly small in the scheme of things. There can also be, of course, a matter of timing. For example restricting evening shows while still showing matinees would seem to be perfectly acceptable to even parenting zealots. I'm thinking of "kids" here being (selfishly) being my kids: infants to three-year olds. If we're talking about preteens and teens then there may be different stories. For example gaurds in the rest rooms make no sense if we're talking about kids still in diapers. ;^) It still seems that a theater could cater to most audiences. The key, as I remember it from my theater days, is to fill up that building as much as possible. There's a set figure for operations (staff, electricity, etc) - if you can get ANY show to bring in more than that then it's profit. That's why so many theaters play around with matinees of classic films and midnights shows of cult classics. Of course things may have changed... for example when I was working in Theater we ran the projectors. When, a number of years later, my wife managed a theater her in Boston only unionized projectionists could operate that complex equipment. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
