![]() ![]() “I really wanted to see so this is what I could think of get everyone out of the house for a little bit - just leave the four walls and breathe!” he says.Ībout 10 people made the trip with him, spaced out in about four cars. Joseph Love organized his own group outing after remembering a trip to the Galaxy about a year ago. I mean, it was a D-list adaptation for sure, but entertaining.” In other words, perfect drive-in fare. ![]() Xavier Johnson joined in a recent gay outing to the Galaxy and saw the recent B-movie horror Fantasy Island. But that has always been part of the fun of a drive-in movie. But let’s face it: With Hollywood shuttered like many industries, and with audio coming through your car’s audio system (you tune into each show on your radio), it’s not the best place for the IMAX and THX special effects extravaganzas which aren’t being distributed much right now anyway. Before COVID - the Galaxy is a sprawling multiplex, only it’s all outdoors: Seven screens of various dimensions and lot sizes, allowing intimate movies or bigger, splashier ones. (Joe Bob Briggs, anyone?) The first licensed outdoor movie screen was in Comanche County in 1921. With its requirement of wide-open spaces, clear skies and embrace of the outrageous entertainments, the drive-in is an avatar for the Texas personality. Hence the Galaxy Drive In in Ennis, Texas. So during a time when socializing opportunities are rare, and coming up with fresh ideas to occupy our time even rarer, who wouldn’t want to partake in an authentic Texas adventure?Īnd that would be the road trip… one with a healthy dose of kitsch. And Texans - gay and straight - embrace that identity of open spaces and quirky culture. But Dallas, while sui generis as an oasis of carpe diem excesses, is still firmly part of Texas, and all that image conjures.
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