Interview with a Student

For my most recent source, I decided to conduct my first interview regarding the Kentucky Theatre.  I chose to interview a student at the university who is originally from Lexington, Kentucky.  Heidi Henderson, the interviewee, had very little to tell me about the Kentucky Theatre.  In some ways, this was surprising, in others, not so much.  However, she had at least been to the Kentucky Theatre, which is more than I can say for most students here at the University of Kentucky.  

Throughout the interview, I asked Heidi a series of questions that pertained to the fact that despite being from its host city, she had only been to the Kentucky Theatre one time.  I had to know why.  Why choose other theaters over this one?  Did she like it? Why doesn’t she attend the Kentucky Theatre more often? 

After talking with Heidi, she gave me some good insight.  She told me about how her and some friends attended the theatre this past summer for the first time.  They chose to do so because the theatre was hosting a special showing of the classic Mary Poppins.  She depicted the theatre as an amazing experience and emphasized how beautiful she thought it was.  In fact, she claimed, “the Kentucky Theatre was one of those things that you talk about how you and your friends will go all the time, but then stuff comes up that interferes.  Before I knew it college had come and we were all on our different paths and schedules.”  Heidi said that the biggest reason she does not attend the theatre more frequently is because it is very selective on the movies they show, and there is not always one playing that she wants to see.

Overall, I would deem this interview helpful, but I am still unable to conclude why the Kentucky Theatre is not nearly as popular as it once was or should be.  However, it does provide some reasons, such as college students are simply too busy for movies and that the theatre does not offer the movies people prefer.  There are still many other angles I would like to explore through other interviewees, such as the Kentucky Theatre’s lack of advertisement and location.   

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