Only in America: Popcorn, thy name is cruelty!

A Michigan man sues AMC cinemas for outrageously high snack prices — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

Popcorn, thy name is cruelty!
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Michigan moviegoer Joshua Thompson has filed a class action suit against the AMC movie theater chain, in a doomed effort to convince it to lower its concession stand prices. After repeatedly buying candy and soda at AMC for three to four times what the same mundane snacks would cost outside the theater, he simply "got tired of being taken advantage of," says Thompson's lawyer. Sadly, experts expect the case to be summarily dismissed and price-gouging on Goobers to continue apace.

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