I couldn’t believe my eyeballs, but there it was in the Daily Herald movie ads buried in fine print: “No commercial ads shown before feature.”
What? The Catlow Theater in Barrington doesn’t show commercials before movies as other suburban movie houses do?
This I had to check out.
I got on the phone and asked for a quote from Catlow co-owner Roberta Rapata about why her theater doesn’t show commercials. Her response was blunt:
“If you want to see commercials, stay at home.”
Gee, that pretty much covers it. (Read more…)