Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

you know that, though you may feel isolated and alone sometimes in the mundane world, you are not the only one who thinks this way, and you belong with these people.

Exactly. Even though I was prepared for most of the info in the film, I still felt rather rattled, but at the same time very thankful that I wasn't watching it alone.

All the showings in our local art house theater (which, by the way, is a former funeral chapel and has this nice eerie feel to it) were sold out for the weekend. The film was also available in the multiplex in the neighboring town (a/c, stadium seating), a conservative bastion. Most of those shows were sold out as well.

As for the ticket stub enforcement, I noticed that our local multiplex started doing the same thing about a month ago... for all films. Still, I do like you theory about some people not wanting to contribute to the box office numbers :)