Movie theaters in my city are reopening Friday – are we really doing this?

[Andy Meek]

• Over the next several weeks, cities around the US will see a number of movie theaters reopening, albeit with stringent new safety measures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
• It's a high-stakes experiment, because no one knows what the effect will be on public health in cities still reeling from the coronavirus in spite of the new cleaning regimen and other processes that theaters will implement.
• As of Thursday, the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University show that more than 5.5 million people have been sickened by the coronavirus in the US, and more than 173,000 Americans have died.

It used to be one of the most mundane activities in the world. Now, after six months of living with the coronavirus pandemic all around us, it's difficult for me to wrap my head around the fact that movie theaters here in Memphis where I live are poised to start reopening Friday -- albeit under very specific circumstances.

They're reopening on a rolling basis, and the moviegoing experience is going to feel a lot different for all the obvious reasons ... but still. We're months away from a coronavirus vaccine. People are still dying from COVID-19. And yet, if I wanted to, I could return to the movies for the first time since the beginning of this year starting tomorrow to see the new Russell Crowe thriller Unhinged.

(Plot twist: I don't want to, and I feel unhinged even thinking about this. At least right now.)

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