The Hollywood Reporter says that the AMC company is about to take over operation of two of the big movie multiplexes in Los Angeles but the fate of the Arclight in Hollywood — and therefore the Cinerama Dome which I dearly love — remains "murky." To quote a producer I used to work for, "This is the kind of thing that either gets settled with money or it doesn't get settled with money. Nothing else matters."
I got a few e-mails from people who said they'd had bad experiences at the Arclight in Hollywood or at other Arclights. I have no particular opinion about the chain. I just think the Cinerama Dome is a great place to see movies — especially It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. If the place gets acquired and remains in operation, I hope its management has the good sense to show that film every few months.
Today, in what some are claiming is the last legal challenge that the Affordable Care Act may face for some time, the Supreme Court of the U.S. of A. killed a legal challenge by Republicans. Okay, fine, I'm all for that…but I doubt it won't be challenged again. And again and again and again and again…as long as it's a potent issue to rile up Republicans and get them to turn out the vote and donate to G.O.P. candidates. The main issues are the ones that accomplish that.
Of course, the easiest way to get rid of Obamacare would be to come up with a comprehensive health plan proposal that a majority of Americans — or even a majority of health care professionals — would look at and say, "Hey, that would be better." But no one opposed to the A.C.A. has done that and I wonder if anyone has really tried.
When he was running against Hillary, Trump said he had one…or he could put one together in days…or it would be unveiled in two weeks…and of course, he never had one. I'm curious if he ever turned to the kind of people who might be able to design one and said, "Can it be done? Can you guys write one and I'll call it Trumpcare?" Because if he'd actually come up with one that would, as he promised, cover more people more fully for less cost, he'd be a hero to everyone.
Republicans would love him because he got rid of Obamacare — which some of them seem to hate just because it has "Obama" in its nickname. Democrats would love him for, as he promised, covering more people more fully for less cost. Based on absolutely no info that it happened, I can imagine him assembling a secret task force to determine if it would be possible and being told that it wasn't; that it was simply impossible to cover more people more fully for less money. And he sure wouldn't want to admit that.