Angelle De Leon
A woman from Chicago set up a makeshift movie theater inside their home to treat her wife to a romantic night out while on house quarantine last week.
Allie Shapiro, a 26-year-old freelance artist and illustrator, planned the movie date night at home for her wife, complete with tickets, a marquee, and a pricey snack bar.
She made signage with schedules of all the film options for the evening and hung it outside of a window.
Among the movie options were “Downhill,” “Birds of Prey,” “The Gentleman,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Honey Boy,” “The Lion King,” and “Endings, Beginnings.”
Allie’s wife, 28-year-old comedian Allison Reese, was presented with an improvised movie ticket.
“My wife ‘took’ me on a date to the movies. It was stupid cute and VERY expensive. 💜,” Allison tweeted.
My wife “took” me on a date to the movies. It was stupid cute and VERY expensive. 💜 pic.twitter.com/GiXoPPAGUP
— Allison Reese🛸 (@alienreese) April 24, 2020
Allison said she was surprised to see the concession stand stocked with snacks and beers.
She said Allie bought her “Stella Artois” beer for $100 using play money.
“It was so sweet. She took out a wad of Monopoly money to pay for everything. And I was like ‘I got it,'” she wrote.
It was so sweet. She took out a wad of Monopoly money to pay for everything. And was like “I got it.”
— Allison Reese (@monsterreese) April 24, 2020
In the end, Allison said they settled on watching “The Gentleman.”
Allison has uploaded some photos of the makeshift movie theater on Twitter.
Her tweet went viral, garnering over 252,000 likes.
It has also been shared more than 26,800 times.
A lot of netizens were delighted and expressed their admiration for Allie’s romantic gesture.
Here’s what some netizens had to say:
“This is so unbelievably adorable.”
This is so unbelievably adorable.
— Marla Cáceres (@MarlaCaceres) April 24, 2020
“Cool so this confirms what we all knew–Allie is perfect.”
Cool so this confirms what we all knew–Allie is perfect
— Danielle Susi-Dittmore (@DanielleSusi) April 24, 2020
“HEAVEN.”
HEAVEN
— Tired Elementary Teacher (@TiredElementary) April 24, 2020
“THIS IS SO F**KING CUTE STOP IT. 😭😭😭”
https://twitter.com/jld773/status/1253523543888928769?s=19
“This is the exact content my soul needed right now. 💖 This is f**king ADORABLE.”
https://twitter.com/MoonFigures/status/1253526414646587392?s=19
“This is adorable and amazing!”
This is adorable and amazing!
— LairdBrandon (@LRDBrandon) April 26, 2020
“This is so cute!”
This is so cute!
— Ant Patton (@ant_patton) April 26, 2020
“This is one of the most romantic things I’ve ever seen.”
This is one of the most romantic things I’ve ever seen.
— The Sassiest Semite (@LittleMissLizz) April 24, 2020
“Your marriage is cool as hell.”
Your marriage is cool as hell.
— Ryan (@ryanfoxlee) April 24, 2020
According to Allie, she made sure to keep her plans secret.
“It has to be a surprise because everything’s better when it’s a surprise,” she said.
She added that she had to take her wife on “a fancy date regardless of pandemics.”
