Saturday, December 7, 2013

Field Report! C&R Weigh In on the Ohio Adult Theater Scene

 
Doc here with a terrific Field Report from my good friends C&R on the state of the Ohio adult theater scene.
 
This statement from them was a result of a dialog within the Summit Street News Yahoo Group. In my opinion, there is no one better qualified to comment on the Ohio scene than C&R.
 
I think their comments are right on point, and we all need to take their words in and digest them.
 
Take it away, C&R!
 
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We thought we would throw our  2 cents into the recent postings.  We have visited all of the Ohio venues that have been mentioned  - Foster in Youngstown, Westwood in Toledo, Case St. (Akron) etc. We have also been to a number of adult theaters in other states: 15th Ave. in Chicago, CT's in Gary, IN., Morgantown, Key West, Las Vegas, etc.  We try to visit the theaters without any preconceived notions and try to take in the reviews of the different places with a grain of salt.
 
We know that each of us has a different experience or take on what happened or didn't happen at a theater.  We also consider the time and dates, weather conditions, to try to consider the types of patrons that we want to engage in the theaters. It's a lot like swing clubs, who, when, and what you may or may not see.
 
We have had good and bad experiences at all of the venues (swing clubs included). Summit has been great the majority of the time, Fosters is a lot of fun, Westwood is good. We appreciate the old venues, the layout of the theaters, places to sneak off to to have sex, - the darkness, the seediness, the cleanliness, guilty feelings, public sex, the movie itself. But usually it is the patrons themselves that make or break an experience at a theater. It only takes one person to disrupt a good time through their bad manners or hygiene. 
 
One thing that all of us may forget is the legalities that the theater/club owners endure to create a play-land for all of us. We also keep in mind that no one wants to end up at a dangerous location and certainly appreciate the comments and warnings for those venues.  

While the Summit is undergoing renovations and challenges, we want to thank them and all of the other owners of the other theaters for taking the risks and for their investment to create an atmosphere that is conducive to this "thing of ours."  

Each of us should patronize all of the theaters and encourage their existence rather that denounce them before you have personally visited the theater. 
 
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Doc here again.  Bravo!