I am sure this is true, since I saw Joe and Jill Biden at the same theater a couple of years ago.
Employees at the Regal Brandywine Cinemas say the vice president-elect and his wife, Jill, tried to attend the [Saturday night] 7:45 showing of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” at the theater on Concord Pike but left after they were told the movie was sold out.
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Inshirah Muhamut, an associate manager, said she closed her box-office line when she saw what appeared to be a Secret Service agent coming her way. The man asked her about tickets for the movie, which stars Brad Pitt, then left. A few minutes later, she said, the Bidens came into the lobby. Jill Biden walked up to speak with Muhamut while Joe stood nearby. “She was asking me about other shows, but they really wanted to see ‘Benjamin Button,’ ” Muhamut said. “He was maybe five feet away, looking at her. He was standing with his other Secret Service men.”
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“I recognized him as soon as he came up,” she said. “He had a black jacket and jeans on. He looked real casual. His wife had on a very stylish jacket.” [Theater employee Becky] Gingrich and Muhamut said the Bidens didn’t ask for special treatment. They simply mulled over their movie options and left.
I went to that theater the same day earlier in the afternoon (around 4 pm) to see “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” But I was too late for the 3 pm showing and there wasn’t another until 5:30. So I left, but I can attest to the fact that it was packed in the lobby at that hour. Still, I can’t believe Biden or his staff didn’t call ahead to reserve tickets. Or how about Fandango?