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Posted by Sean O'Hara on 10/24/05 18:16
In the Year of the Cock, the Great and Powerful NunYa Bidness declared:
> On 24 Oct 2005 07:38:08 -0700, "Nick Macpherson" <NMacphe421@AOL.com>
> Gave us:
>
>>Stan Brown wrote:
>>
>>>Like you, I can't imagine any theater turning the lamp down to save
>>>money with a less than full house. The cost of running the lamp is
>>>such a small part of the total cost of operating the theater that it
>>>wouldn't be worth the effort.
>>>
>>I've been hearing the "turning the lamp down" story for so many years
>>it's verging on urban legend, though Roger Ebert and Tim Lucas have
>>both complained about it, and neither of them are critics anyone would
>>call "unreliable sources".
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> I'm sorry, but a good movie critic is NOT a reliable source as it
> relates to knowing what is or is not taking place in a projection
> room, or simply even knowing what takes place there at all.
>
"They don't know what they're talking about" is not a valid argument
form unless supported by other evidence.
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Sean O'Hara | http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com
Batman: They may be drinkers, Robin, but they're still human beings.
-Batman the Movie
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