Mary McNamara: The 'Barbenheimer' effect should scare the studios into ending the strike
LOS ANGELES — Like millions of other Americans, I Barbenheimered this weekend. Unlike many braver souls, I couldn't bring myself to do the same-day double feature, so I saw Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" on Friday and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" on Sunday. (We couldn't find seats within a 15-mile radius for Saturday). This schedule offered the added benefit of seeing women and girls, including ...
by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Jul 25, 2023
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Like millions of other Americans, I Barbenheimered this weekend.
Unlike many braver souls, I couldn't bring myself to do the same-day double feature, so I saw Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" on Friday and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" on Sunday. (We couldn't find seats within a 15-mile radius for Saturday).
This schedule offered the added benefit of seeing women and girls, including my daughter and her friend, clad in hot (and other shades of) pink, lighting up the crowds of two theater chains like strawberry swirls in a summer ice cream sundae.
And I mean I haven't seen lines at theater concession
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