Panic in the streets

OK, so things were busy on Main Street late Saturday. What that meant was that those of us who chose to go to a 10:30 p.m. critics’ screening had the theater to ourselves.

In fact, when Mary Pat and I signed in, no one else had even shown up. After a day in which the parking lot in front of the Eccles was filled with hundreds of people, it was eerie to see it empty.

“Must be the night of some pretty big parties,” Mary Pat said to the volunteer who signed us in.

“Yes,” the volunteer replied.

“We wouldn’t have been able to get into any of them anyway,” Mary Pat said.

“Oh, we could get you in,” the volunteer said.

Right, I thought. I’d rather see an Italian movie anyway. I was sure that Mary Pat agreed. Right.

“We must be the biggest losers in Park City,” she said.