I have a four-year-old and a one-year-old, so my last trip to a theater cost $74 before I bought a single popcorn, and my daughter melted down twenty minutes into a movie she had begged to see. At home I can pause for the bathroom, rewind the part I missed while making bottles, and turn on subtitles because half the dialogue is mumbled anyway. Nobody is arguing the couch beats a 70-foot screen. The argument is that the theater experience was designed for people whose lives allow a three-hour uninterrupted block, and most adults with jobs and kids simply don't have those anymore. The industry keeps marketing to a lifestyle that's shrinking.
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