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Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by tombert on Sunday March 15, 2026 @03:59PM (#47391256)
When my wife and I first started dating, we went to one of those cheap second-run theaters.

I liked that theater because it was super cheap (like seriously $1.50 for a ticket because it showed out of date movies). One time when she and I were watching The Purge, I hear this kind of squishy noise from right behind me.

I turn around, and a guy is getting a handjob. I motion to my wife that we need to move a few seats over.

You know, The Purge isn't the worst movie ever but I gotta admit that it's not a movie that ever really turned me on either. To each their own, I suppose.

From that point forward we always called that the Handjob Theater.

Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by bacchusracine on Sunday March 15, 2026 @04:13PM (#47391371)
>I turn around, and a guy is getting a handjob. I motion to my wife that we need to move a few seats over.

To get a better view, right?

Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by tombert on Sunday March 15, 2026 @04:15PM (#47391389)
We were mostly afraid of substances landing anywhere near us.
Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by aaronbrethorst on Sunday March 15, 2026 @04:26PM (#47391504)
You don’t happen to live in exurban Denver do you?
Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by tombert on Sunday March 15, 2026 @04:30PM (#47391536)
Nope, this was in Dallas. Well, Garland actually.

I don't live there anymore and haven't for about eleven years.

Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by geoduck14 on Sunday March 15, 2026 @09:06PM (#47393891)
I know exactly the theater you are talking about. My family and I have been there tons of time growing up.

I've never had an experience like you described, but I totally believe it.

Re:Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis by tombert on Sunday March 15, 2026 @11:03PM (#47394740)
Yeah, no shade at all towards the theater, not their fault that one of their customers got really turned on watching The Purge.

If I lived in Dallas still I'd probably still go there all the time.