The floor is slick with what seems like sweat. The theater is filled - men and women, bright eyes, hungry mouths, gunslinger fingers, a carpet of speech, a hundred different speakers playing at once. Some lean back in chairs, chatting amiably, others are silent. There are old ladies with purses and grandma hair, young ladies with cell phones and dark eyeliner. Some young men stand by the door, looking out into the theater hallway, while talking amongst themselves. The older men are seated comfortably in their chairs, staring at the flashing screen. An insurance ad. A beautiful woman, her hair like fresh gold, with perfect pearl teeth, giving a thumbs up. A black screen with a purple movie reel and a question in bright yellow: “What was the special racing coupe used in the movie The
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