But some theater owners seem opposed to popcorn in any form. The smell of it is mentioned by three separate interviewees as one of the bigger negatives. So what are they serving to hungry (but discerning) patrons instead? The Rex in Berkhamsted offers up "cheese platters and dishes of olives, chocolates and fruit" brought to tables by waiters. Right. Because cheese isn't stinky at all. I swear to you, I once ate an incongruously delicious piece of Camembert whose odor nearly peeled the paint off the dining room walls. It smelled like a lactose-intolerant elephant had died in there.

Could theaters in the U.S. follow suit someday? Will hot dogs be replaced with buckwheat blini and caviar? Will Milk Duds shove over for gourmet chocolates? Maybe common sodas will banned for the unsophisticated belches they produce. You get a much higher class of burp when it's caused by a flute of champagne.