Tobe trulyfree, somewhere along the line you have to be willing to give up the illusory securityofthe known and fling yourself into the abyss of the unknown.
One guy would buy a ticket at the Acme, or the Peni-a-cade -- those were the two cheapest theaters -- and then the guy who paid would fling open the back doors and everybody else got in free. (How's the usher supposed to catch fifteen guys?) It was movies that brought the roar of the Twenties to North Beach.
It is not clear what that means, but the mere mention of the W-word incenses free-market supporters of the president, who fling back charges of populism.