movie and food associations

The groups that are supporting viewings of "A Wrinkle in Time" for kids are providing popcorn and a drink along with each ticket. Being myself, I wondered why one wouldn't finance hundreds more kids' tickets by not providing the snacks, but Arthur suggested that to provide the movie-going experience, the stereotypical food and drink must be included. When we go, we don't buy stuff from the concessions area. I have given up popcorn in general, with sadness, because of fears of chipping a tooth. Not that it matters - I chipped a tooth the other day eating a clementine segment. I drink a little Orangina on New Year's Eve, but for the most part don't drink soda. I almost never eat candy. (I eat sweet things, but usually baked goods). I realize I'm not the typical USian movie-goer. I was trying to remember what I ate at movies as a child. I remember paying 35 cents to see Mary Poppins when it came out (and we could sit through repeated showings back then for one admission), and I remember that my best friend always bought a small Milky Way and a Sprite (also much smaller than cups now) for movies, but I don't remember what *I* ate. Popcorn in our family was the treat when shopping at the Rose's department store (I don't know that K-Mart is the closest comparison to the Rose's of the 1960s, but it gives an idea). There was a popcorn machine in the store, apart from the lunch counter. I remember my father saying that when he was given a quarter as a child that was enough to go to a movie, get a hot dog, and have something left for the offering plate on Sunday. I don't know whether lots of kids eating hot dogs would make more or less mess in a cinema than lot of kids spilling popcorn on the floor.