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...master of ceremonies announces two more goodies for the now utterly indifferent throng--one pound of David's Cookies and two more Sack Theater passes...
...first of a series of exoduses to the refreshment tables begins. The dancers are milling around--some are sitting, but a surprising number are still on their feet. Our first intersession also brings two lucky winners door prizes: a gift certificate for Ruggles Pizza (won by #689) and two Sack Theater passes (won by #22). But all too soon the DJs start spinning their records and, hurriedly gulping one more cup of diet soda, we bounce back to the floor...
Technically, the Sack chain is under no legal obligation to make all its theaters accessible. It escaped the current law, passed in 1977, that requires all public structures to be accessible to the handicapped. But the moral obligation to make theaters as accessible as possible is compelling and inescapable. The group points out that seeing movies is particularly important to the disabled, since it may let them experience vicariously what they otherwise cannot...
Particularly disturbing in the Sack case has been the insensitivity of the Sack management towards the rights of the disabled A Alan Friedberg, who owns all Boston's Sack theaters and more than 60 screens in New England, has bluntly refused to install ramps and elevators in more theaters. "If I give them ramps, "he once said in a radio interview, "they will be wanting medication and heart machines in there next...
Brooks and his group deserve support but have had little success so far, in part because local papers have not adequately covered the boycott. Citizens should support the efforts of the disabled to gain dignified access to Boston movie theaters. Even better would be letters to the Sack management or to newspapers demanding a bit more civic-mindedness...