Cincinnati small theater operators try to stay afloat amid pandemic Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021 Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021
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Show Transcript RE-EMERGE STARTING NOW YOU CAN ADD KENWOOD THEATER TO THE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL LIST. THEY’RE GONNA HAVE FREE MOVIES ALL WEEK THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. THEY’RE SHOWING SOME CLASSIC MOVIES LIKE TWISTER GOONIES SHOW UP AT THE BOX OFFICE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED JUST AS WITH THE ESQUIRE IN CLIFTON PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS REMAIN IN PLACE. WE STILL HAVE THINGS ROPED OFF EVERY OTHER ROW IS BLOCKED OFF AND WE’RE DOING ABOUT A THIRD OF CAPACITY MANAGER JOHNNY SHANKS SENSES THE START OF A COMEBACK. DESPITE THEATER CLOSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DOWN ABOUT 80% IN THE LAST YEAR EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC INDEPENDENCE LIKE CINCINNATI WORLD CINEMA WERE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FLUX AND ADJUSTMENT AND SINCE THEN THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN MAGNIFIED WITH FIXED