Via a discussion on MetaFilter I read about a movie theater in Kansas City catering specifically to adults. Not in the X-rated way -- it's not about that at all. Here's the scoop: They don't allow any children under age 6 or unaccompanied children between ages 6 and 16. They don't show G or PG rated films. They sell beer. And they are making an effort to show independent films. Of course, there were local parents who were outraged, but in my opinion that's just stupid. It was simply one privately owned business seeking to market to a certain type of customer base, and I have to say that it will probably be a rousing success. In Atlanta, we had a movie theater called the Buckhead Backlot that served bar-type food and beer, and it was a fun place to watch a movie. We also had a couple of theaters that catered to the independent films. Put the two concepts together and I think !
you'd have a pretty popular movie theater. In fact, in the MetaFilter discussion, several members mentioned theaters of this type in other cities, so it's being done. It's something I'd like to see in Chattanooga, and I think it would go over quite well downtown or in the Coolidge Park area.