Scarlet and I went to the movies today, wending our way through parking lot construction to The Loft. Our membership renewals came with 4 free passes; we each used one to gain admission to Love, Gilda.
It looked like it would be a private showing until the lights went down. By the time the previews were finished there were two other women sitting at opposite ends of the theater, and a gentleman down in front. Theater One, the biggest, renovated auditorium, was ours for the enjoying.
Until the jackhammers started.
Gilda had a miscarriage, and the pounding was intermittent.
Gilda went through chemotherapy, and the pounding got louder.
After ten minutes or so, I went out to the lobby, seeking redress. I told the ticket seller that the movie was becoming unwatchable, what with the construction going on right outside. He nodded. I went back to my seat to see the end; I'd already invested an hour or more in the film and I was bound and determined to see it through to the end.
The credits rolled and Scarlet was out of her chair and into the lobby By the time I caught up with her the ticket seller was emailing his manager, handing us replacement passes, and apologizing. As first one woman and then the other came past I I encouraged them to get their free passes, too. The older gentleman couldn't have been more delighted.
We walked out past the jackhammer on the opposite side of the wall by our seats. It was only marginally louder. Then I drove home.
My hand were shaky, but I put it down to the flu shot I got after the film. I had trouble sitting still, and I thought it was because Prince is on Fall Break and I miss my routine of stories and gardening and hugs. My head hurt, and I was anxious, and then I realized that I had been sitting beside concrete destruction for nearly an hour.
No one would choose to do that, especially someone who thought she was going to the movies.
*****
The movie was sweet, poignant, reminiscent of my young adulthood. I recommend it.... without jackhammers.
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