This month, Varsity Theater hosted the Cinema Paradise film festival. I was there to watch "2pac Ressurrection", a documentary made by Afeni Shakur and MTV Films! It was very interesting to learn about 2pac's life from childhood, his early career, his troubles with the media, the law and the Bad Boy crew (Biggie and Puff), and his death! It showed a lot of 2pac's fun side, with a lot of hoochies coming on to him.
But the real drama was while waiting for the film to start.
This was what I sent to the 2 local papers. Hopefully one will print it.
On Friday, September 17, the staff at Varsity Theatre was very disorganized. On that day, there was a film festival going on. Films earlier that day started late, which caused delays for those waiting to watch films later that night. Because of those delays, me and others who were waiting for a 10pm film weren't let into the theatres until 10:20. To add insult to injury, I went to use bathroom after finally entering the theatre, and a big burly staff member didn't even let me into screening room until a co-worker told him to let me in.
If this is how Varsity Theatre usually operate, then I'll support any plans to knock that theatre down and replace it with housing for UH students.
