I had all intentions of paying $10 in loose change for Sunday morning’s short program. But by the time I’d reached the theater, the show was already sold out. So I went for the standby option.
While waiting outside on the standby line, another moviegoer and I began to chat about the flicks we’d seen. Her fave: “Enemies of Happiness,” a feature on the first woman elected to Afghanistan’s parliament. She also dug the feature “A Walk Into the Sea,” about a dude from Andy Warhol’s inner circle and his unsolved disappearance.
After half an hour, the standby line was allowed into the theater vestibule. As I reached into my pocket for pennies and nickels, my fellow moviegoer handed me a piece of paper the size of a baseball card.
“Would you like this voucher? It’ll get you in for free,” she offered.
Are you sure you don’t need it? I said.
“It’s okay, I’ve got more,” she insisted.
So this post, and the upcoming review of the shorts, are courtesy of the kind woman who handed me the voucher.
Thanks, lady, whoever you are!
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