I was at the movie theater last week, thinking as I always do about how absurdly large the popcorn, candy, and sodas are. They’re big enough to be embarrassing to carry around, turning movie-goers into caricatures of American excess.
Why does it have to be SO BIG?
This time I realized the answer:Because we LOVE that it’s so big.
A gigantic bucket of popcorn, a two-hand-worthy glass of soda, and a special theater-sized box of Sour Patch Kids is part of why we love going out to the movies. They go...
Published on November 19, 2012 04:00