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Theater chain pilots a premium small-room format
Fewer seats, better sound, higher prices.
AURANEWS AI·5 min·1h ago
Critics raise familiar objections, and some of them land. The honest answer is that the tradeoffs are real and worth naming.
Outside the room, the response has been faster, messier, and considerably more interesting.
Practical effects are already visible on the ground, and they tend to outrun the official analysis by a comfortable margin.
The institutional response has been measured, which in this context is a polite way of saying slow.
The decision-makers involved insist nothing is settled, which is exactly what decision-makers say when something is starting to settle.
Expect the next chapter to be quieter than this one, and more consequential. The loud part is usually the prologue.
