The drive-ins have been dying out since The Sixties.
Killed off by movie theaters, which have been dying out since the new century.
No matter what the perks: stadium seating, fancy gourmet dinners, IMAX screens.
VHS, cable, DVD, Blu-Ray, streaming.
They were already ending the old way of doing things.
So when the virus hit, theaters were closed, some people thought drive-ins would come back.
Stay in your car and watch the movies in a social way.
Instead, people stayed home to watch.
The studios held back new releases.
But people didn’t care.
They just watched the old classics instead.