OH DEAR LLOYD…
RE: “So Long, Lloyd Cinemas! You Won’t Be Missed” [Blogtown, May 12], regarding the news that the Lloyd Center 10 multiplex will be replaced by a mixed-use development.
DEAR MERCURY—The only real memory I have of those theaters is seeing a movie with my high school homeboy and asking another friend [who] worked at the theater for some free soda; he gave us two tiny 5 oz. Dixie cups full of root beer that we both drank in one gulp. Halfway through 2 Fast 2 Furious, he came in and sat down next to us with a dopey look on his face and told us he’d just been fired…