2006-12-12 09:37:36 · 12 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
What irony? Perhaps you mean nostalgia.
2006-12-12 09:59:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I used to go to Mansfield Drive-In Theatre in Connecticut during the 1980s and 1990s. They have 3 screens so they show 3 double features each night. It's $8 per person but they have a night where it's $16 per car. They still had the rusty polls which held the speakers that you were supposed to clip on to your window but they obviously didn't work anymore. You sit in your car and tune the radio to a particular radio station which would broadcast the audio for the movie. They have a snack bar that sells things like burgers, hot dogs, clam fritters, french fries, sodas, etc.. When movies aren't being shown, the field is used for a flea market. The theatre is only open from April until Oct or Nov each year.
The place has been open forever and it's wasn't exactly 'ironic' when I was going there. It was a little bit of a white trash thing, not in a funny way. It was a lot cheaper than the real theatre and you could smoke/drink/make out while sitting in the car. It's why the high school kids always went. Maybe it's more of a nostalgia thing today but people still love it so I don't think it will close anytime soon.
2006-12-15 06:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a website below with a list of operating drive ins across Canada and America. There are a lot fewer than there used to be, but it's still a fun experience. The one I went to two years ago was getting rather scruffy but there is no irony about it. People still just like them.
2006-12-12 17:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do...and for those of you who didn't understand there are two seperate instances in which the word irony can be used...i think the one below is the one Santa's Sac intended:
irony (WRONG RESULT)
noun [U]
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result:
The irony (of it) is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.
2006-12-12 17:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a really nice, updated drive in theater in McAlester Oklahoma. They show about 6-7 movies a day and are always packed. In my hometown, we have the skeleton of the screen still standing, and it's sad.
2006-12-12 17:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by ihave5katz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Dayton Ohio close to me you can see one of the meeting places of my youth alive and kicking...the Dixie Drive in has been a haven to teenagers in Dayton for as long as I can remember and a summer must do if you like flea mkts...irony has nothing to do with it...some people like me value heritage...dont miss it, youll have an evening to remember.
2006-12-12 17:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are still a few drive in theaters around we have 2 within a few miles and I love it I can take my kids to the movies without disturbing anyone.
2006-12-12 17:45:17 · answer #7 · answered by jo_jo_baby2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there some around that plays new movies....I live in upstate NY and the one here plays only in the summer....not a bad choice...better than paying $8 per person at REGAL or Tinseltown
2006-12-12 18:02:22 · answer #8 · answered by insixiengmay79 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is one not far from where I live.
It is located in Mendon, MA and its always packed in the summer.
So I dont think its only for the irony.
2006-12-12 17:44:41 · answer #9 · answered by Bruno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the us still has drive-in theatres. what's ironic about a drive-in theatre?
2006-12-12 17:43:46 · answer #10 · answered by chansigns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋