Indianapolis, IN

Tue 28 August 2007

So, I’m thinking about drive-in theatres. Last weekend, we went to a car show in Clermont at O’Reilly Raceway Park. On our way there, we passed the Clermont Deluxe Drive-In Theatre. I was excited to know that there was a drive-in so close that was still open. But my excitement didn’t last long. Not a week later, they announced that the last showing was Sunday, August 26. Now, there will be a whole generation who will not know what it’s like to sit in your car to watch a movie. I personally have never been to a drive-in, but I thought it would be a perfect way for us to go to the movies with our young daughter. We really don’t know anyone to baby sit for her. Plus, my husband and I like to talk during movies. Going to the drive-in would be the perfect solution to our movie-going problems. But we will have to drive further on still. I believe that there is a drive-in in Franklin, IN (about 20 minutes south of Indianapolis). I believe that it’s open (at least for the season). Perhaps they are all going out of business because they feel they can’t compare to buying DVDs and getting movies online. But I’m here to tell them that there are people out there who still would go to drive-in theatres if there were more of them around. It makes me kind of sad that this part of American pop culture is fading away. I wish something or someone would come along and build one near me on the north side. (Hint, hint…)

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