Exeunt Magazine: Ever get that feeling where right when you need to shout about something the loudest, the words suddenly dry up? Right now, I feel a bit like I did one night at the pub in the before-times, when I reached into my bag only to find another hand inside it. A smartly dressed man was midway through stealing my phone; he melted back into the crowd as I watched him in mute horror.
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The pandemic has had a devastating impact on businesses: they have had to let go off employees, take huge cuts for maintenance, and yet they are struggling to make profits. The theater industry is one of such businesses that have felt these changes in a stronger sense than a lot of others.
The theater industry strives on social interaction and human interaction. That is why the distinction between films and theater is as coveted as it is, because of how different their experiences are. But with social distancing in place, its near impossible for theaters to function in a way where they can recover all their expense costs. And the sad part is that this has had the biggest impact on the employees themselves, given that laying them off is the best way to cut on expenses incurred by the business.
Hopefully, once the pandemic settles down, things would go back to the way they were before, and everyone who have lost their jobs can get them back.
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