Talk:movie theater
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Metaknowledge in topic RFD discussion: May–June 2019
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SOP. 2600:1000:B125:5044:65D7:F159:35EB:ED27 00:12, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Keep: refers to a theater that is not used exclusively for drama or opera. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 04:06, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Seems a bit weird not to have an entry. Historically there was a thing called a "theater" where one would watch (live-acted) plays and presumably this was the most natural word to adopt for new technology where one would watch recorded plays (films/movies). Saying "we're going to the movie theater" is a bit different from saying "we're going to the theater" (I think — as a Brit, I'd say "cinema", so maybe I'm out of the loop). Equinox ◑ 04:54, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Keep per JackLee –talk– It's to clarify what type of theatre/theater, as the word alone would normally mean performing arts. --Dmol (talk) 05:30, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Keep, Am. English, I agree with Equinox re cinema. DonnanZ (talk) 13:33, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- I think some movie theatres started life as true theatres, or had a double life - the Civic Theatre in my home town was used as a cinema as well as staging shows; my secondary school held an annual show there. DonnanZ (talk) 15:17, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Keep. Mihia (talk) 17:41, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
- RFD kept. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 03:41, 6 June 2019 (UTC)