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Jo Dumas, a communications professor and a former broadcast engineer in film making, said streaming has removed the camaraderie around movies.
âWe missed the community experience with the streaming,â Jo said. âThere are a lot of attempts through streaming to keep actors working, to keep cinematographers and [directors of photography] working.â
Jo and her husband Charles Dumas, professor emeritus in the School of Theatre, frequently drive by local theaters to see if they are still open. At times, they are the only people in the theater.