local ama- teur acts and impromptu film criticism.
"The old Italians used to go to these mov- ies," recalled one patron, "and when the good guys were chasing the bad guys. . . they'd say [in Italian]-Getem-
catch them-out loud in the theater." Lo- cal radio broadcasts (e.g., "The Irish Hour") were usually tuned in at neighbor-
hood social clubs and were likewise sub- jected to community comment.
Chicago's workers bypassed the imper- sonal A&P supermarkets and...