Movie Theatres and Obesity

Why the heck don't these people who sue McDonald's and other fast food places for selling food portions that are too big -- why haven't they gone after the theatre industry? Have you they not seen the size of the cokes, the popcorn, and the candy in there? I mean, we're talking popcorn that's sold in buckets! Literally -- buckets.

And Supersized Cokes? Gimme a break, those sodas at the theatre are sold by the swimming pool -- not next to the swimming pool, but that's the unit of measurement. As in, "I'll have a medium pool of Sprite and a cord of popcorn."

Then there's that candy. How much candy can one person eat? "I'll have a couple miles' worth of Twizzlers, please."

And then the worker behind the counter hits you with, "Would you like to your popcorn swimming in artificial butter? And you can have an Olympic-sized pool of Sprite for just $1 more than the $18 you're paying for the three lifetimes' worth of sugar and/or carbs you've ordered so far."

And finally, though I have fundamental objections and will work to undermine such invasive and wrong-headed laws --- surely there's gotta be some laws that Spitzer and others could use to sue the theatres for marking up these goods so grossly. I mean, $10 for one serving each of soda, popcorn and candy? That ain't normal.

Heck, on that topic, aren't the actions of all the theatres which set the prices for movies at the same level illegal too? (Another invasive and wrong-headed law, btw, but a law nonetheless.)

Oh, what a can of worms (gummi, of course -- my favorite sugar candy) this post has turned out to be.