Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

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Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? And what does the Great Depression and farm subsidies have to do with it?

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Works Cited:
Popcorn and the Movies:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-do-we-eat-popcorn-at-the-movies-475063/
https://www.neatorama.com/neatolicious/2013/10/03/Why-Do-We-Eat-Popcorn-at-the-Movies/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/61130/why-popcorn-default-movie-theater-snack
https://www.themarysue.com/popcorn-movie-theater-ads/
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/why-do-we-eat-popcorn-at-the-movies/

History of Movie Theaters:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-nickelodeon-opens

History of Popcorn:
http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/popcorn-history/

Corn Subsidies:
https://www.marketplace.org/2012/06/15/economy/food-and-drink/popcorn-subsidy-debate-farm-bill
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2012/McKenziepopcorn.html
https://grist.org/food/our-crazy-farm-subsidies-explained/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-are-we-subsidizing-popcorn
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/18/486051480/we-subsidize-crops-we-should-eat-less-of-does-this-fatten-us-up
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2015/02/12/milking-taxpayers
https://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=corn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/why-do-taxpayers-subsidize-rich-farmers/2018/03/15/50e89906-27b6-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.45e60d0276fd

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/07/are-corn-subsidies-making-us-fat-/
https://www.nal.usda.gov/agricultural-subsidies
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2018/01/16/usda-announces-popcorn-board-appointments
https://www.popcorn.org/

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