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I read without alarm the news that AMC Theatres will ban Universal films from its movie houses in retaliation for the studio’s decision to offer streaming and theatrical releases simultaneously. Never mind the question of whether the movie that broke industry protocol, Trolls World Tour, had the gravitas to usher us into a new epoch. When and how, I wondered, will most theaters reopen, and who will get up from the couch when they do? AMC’s threat, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, thundered like a squirrel vowing to get up and bite the semi that had flattened it.
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