robbery

And again a problem solved itself. The rest of the family wanted to go see the Dark Knight, I really rather wanted to finish this sketch. But I didn't want to miss the film either, so I went along. And then the Rainbow Cinema was closed by the police! With real crime scene tape, just like in the movies, the forensics guys were taking pictures. I asked the guy at the door what had happened, but he said he wasn't supposed to talk about it. He was gay, so he was almost bursting with wanting to tell us, and I wished him good luck with whatever he wasn't supposed to tell us. The man in the bookstore around the corner -where I at last bought my Obama New Yorker- knew. It had been a robbery at gun point. Poor Rainbow Cinema. But how convenient! I could finish my sketch after all!