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Sungyeon Yoon Posted 13 years ago
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need some clarification

...There's little evidence in Wellfleet that rising real estate prices and mall-based multiplexes will necessarily doom drive-ins. Across the U.S., however, the four-wheel format struggles with technical and financial hurdles even as talk of a renaissance bubbles up sporadically....

Not every drive-in will make the transition. Some are too small to get the numbers to work.

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This is TIME's article about drive-in theater, and I find the second sentence somewhat confusing; Is "the four-wheel format" another expression for an automobile?

also, what's the meaning of the phrase "to get the numbers to work?" i read it as "they are so small that it is not profitable for them to make any change." is that right?
  

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This is TIME's article about drive-in theater, and I find the second sentence somewhat confusing; Is "the four-wheel format" another expression for an automobile? It means 'the drive-in approach to seeing movies', 'the concept of a drive-in'. " is that right?

— Clive

  • This is TIME's article about drive-in theater, and I find the second sentence somewhat confusing; Is "the four-wheel format" another expression for an automobile?
  • It means 'the drive-in approach to seeing movies', 'the concept of a drive-in'.
  • " is that right?
  • It means that they can't find any way to make a profit.
  • Clive
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This is TIME's article about drive-in theater, and I find the second sentence somewhat confusing; Is "the four-wheel format" another expression for an automobile? It means 'the drive-in approach to seeing movies', 'the concept of a drive-in'.

also, what's the meaning of the phrase "to get the numbers to work?" i read it as "they are so small that
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