I'll have to ask my sister, when she visits next week, if she's seen any Guerilla Theater. She lives in W. Chester Pa.

Yeah, find out if it's getting any press up there and give us a report!

West Chester. Haven't been up there in 10 years. That's where I was born and I haven't been up there ever since we moved down here. I should find some time to make it back up there one of these days. But that's beside the point.

You can get one of those projectors from Circuit City for around $1000. Of course though, I wonder if the feds would come after you for publically displaying a copyrighted movie???

Why Guerilla when you can have the real thing? The've even got a Spiderman 2/Anchorman double feature this weekend for only $5.

http://crossroadsdrivein.com

Bert, I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding of copyright law is that you can do whatever you like with a movie you own as long as you're not doing it for commercial purposes. Now, you might be in violation of other ordinances...but that's the thrill, right?

Shannon, we have a real live active drive-in within 60 miles of Midland, in Lamesa. Still, it's not the same. You have to pay to get in, for one thing. Then there's the impromptu rebellion underground thing (whatever that means), although piling into the trunk for the "real thing" may or may not count. If they charge by the carload, that takes all the fun out of it.

Oh, I've "gotten" the idea of flash mobs only too well.

It's no different than the carefully-rehearsed "spontaneous anti-war demonstrations" so popular in the late 60's.

1.) Get a few intelligent, charismatic organizers with a personal agenda (usually political).

2.) Have them accumulate a large group of people who only partially understand the organizers' agenda but who are more interested in having fun.

3.) Contact the media ahead of time (so long as the organizer's agenda is suitably liberal) to ensure maximum publicity.

4.) Arrive in large numbers and act stupid in the name of "the cause".

It worked nicely in the 60's (because of sympathetic media support) and nothing has changed in that respect. Marxist Che Guevara is a perfect icon for "the people's guerilla theater".

The media (and cartoonist Garry Trudeau) have tried to legitimize "flash mobs" as some sort of valid social/ political activity because large numbers of stupid people with nothing to say, saying it loudly, suits their purposes.

I like the movie idea! And the FM transmitter for audio. Wow!