San Francisco Hairspray Screening

My buddy Ty invited me to a special screening of 'Hairspray' at the Metreon in San Francisco Monday Evening. There were two showings, one at 7pm and one at 7:30pm. We got in line around 6pm. Not everyone was guaranteed admission, but we got there early enough to where we were pretty sure we'd get in.

It turns out New Line/AMC Theatres made a HUGE goof. They let anyone with a 7pm movie pass into the 7:30pm showing, in effect, eliminating anyone with 7:30pm tickets a chance to see the movie. People got pissed. Very pissed. It got pretty ugly. Lets just say you don't want to get in between gay guys not getting to see a free screening of Hairspray.

After a huge fight with the management, someone was able to get those who stuck around long enough free movie passes. So it was a win-win situation overall. I got home earlier than expected, had a nice dinner with friends in the city, and got a free movie ticket I can use this weekend to see whatever I want. YES!

If you want read a whole bunch of people rant on this disaster (which apparently also happened in several other cities nationwide) go here.