Snack-Free Zone

* “Popcorn Is Fine for This Movie Buff,” is the headline on Jerry Hicks’ March 22 column, and he delights in telling how he and his wife “often sit a seat apart, to leave room for our joint bucket of popcorn.”

Well, Jerry, you are the reason my family doesn’t go to movies. We are sick of the crunching of teeth, the smacking of lips, the fingering of each greasy popcorn, the stench of rancid oil.

Please write an article to establish “popcorn-free” seating in movies so that we can enjoy the artistic rather than culinary enjoyment of movies.

G. BORDING MATHIEU

Laguna Beach