I don't even know why I still subscribe to our rag, the Courier Journal. It's filled with nothing but depressing news. Today's Courier was no different. Not to discount the sickening news of the 1,000th casualty in Iraq, but other news bothered me, too: they're closing the Showcase Cinemas. The Cinemas were the first movie theater complex in Louisville. They said the reason for the closing was "loss of revenue." They couldn't compete with the arena-style seating at the hi-tech theater complexes in the East end of town. I think the real reason is that the theaters got alot of riff-raff from the nearby Newburg housing projects.
The Cinemas were an institution during my childhood and teenage years. They were expensive, so us South end kids could only go every few months. For other movie trips, we would go to the Alpha on Saturday or Sunday afternoons for $1.50. Going to the Cinemas was a very big deal; a special trip that we planned for. First of all, we would have to save our allowance so we could afford to go. Then we had logistics to take care of - making arrangements for which parents to take us and which ones to pick us up.
Going to the movies, especially the Cinemas, was something special, not like alot of today's teenagers who take going to the movies for granted.
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