According The Hollywood Reportera promotional Beetlejuice Beetlejuice A drink offered at AMC theaters that feature an attached MacGuffin bar could cost you up to $31, depending on your state’s alcohol tax laws.
The 24-ounce “Sandworm Slayer” cocktail is described as “a blend of blue and black raspberry juice” with ice, “combined with [an undisclosed] Premium vodka.” The drink is topped with six sour gummies (probably Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers) and served in a plastic cup, if you plan on taking the mix to a theater. Here’s what it looks like, as served:
I bought the AMC BEETLEJUICE themed drink BEETLEJUICE. It cost $31 dollars… image.twitter.com/xSHnCuo60D
—Andrew Woods (@JimJarmuschHair) September 8, 2024
As the establishment notes, the blue drink is typically sold for the comparatively modest, yet somehow appalling, price of $21. The unfortunate customer mentioned above purchased his Sandworm Slayer in the state of Illinois, which “brought the price of the drink up to $28.25, plus tax.”
For its price, many have noted that the cocktail (while it tasted amazing, which seems rather dubious) is visually underwhelming and makes little effort to evoke the Tim Burton film in either its theme or presentation. blue? Like Beetlejuice, sandworms are annelids with black and white stripes, a pair of red eyespots and two pairs of green-tinged lips. There are several ways to represent them making for a visually striking cocktail that’s almost worth the $20 to $30 price tag.
For starters, a layered cocktail: black syrup with white liquor to evoke the creature’s flesh, served with two maraschino cherries for the eyespots. Coat the rim of a tall glass with green sugar and your drink already takes on the basic appearance of a sandworm. If that’s too difficult, offering a black-and-white striped straw with your cocktail would go a long way. Make the drink green one instead of blue, and you are already more Beetlejuice-Further ahead than AMC’s confusing Sandworm Slayer. Heck, you can even depict the worm’s actual head with an additional explosive shot. Not to mention what could be done with a drink meant to evoke Lydia’s iconic red wedding dress, or the surreal “Day-O” musical number from the first film.
The disappointment caused by AMC’s absurdly expensive drinks is not so much due to uncontrolled capitalism as to a failure of creativity on the part of the cinema chain. A recent brush with deathIn itself, one would think that he would be more thoughtful about matters related to the grave. Or at least, about alcohol.
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