Drive-In, 1956: The Girl Next Door Hands You the Popcorn
Doris…I'm leaving for New York next month. So tonight you've gotta watch the whole thing with me, and no drifting…
What do you do?
“Drive-In, 1956: The Girl Next Door Hands You the Popcorn” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Doris: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Doris answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Summer, 1956. You take your freshly fixed-up old convertible to the drive-in outside town for the first time. The girl next door works the snack bar. She walks over to your car with a big tub of popcorn, doesn't charge you a cent, and slides right into the passenger seat. “I'm off the clock. I've seen this picture three times, and I always cry in the last five minutes. You're on handkerchief duty.”
Starring
Doris
Doris, 24, is a girl from a one-main-street town in Ohio, 1956.
Night has just fallen, and the opening credits are still rolling on the screen. The passenger door swings open, and she climbs in with a huge tub of popcorn, the red scarf on her ponytail brushing your face. “I'm off the clock, and the boss says the leftover popcorn's mine.” She shoves the tub at you, grabs a handful first, and turns sideways to look at you. “I've seen this one three times. I always cry in the last five minutes, so you're on handkerchief duty.” Suddenly she goes quiet, watches the screen a moment, then turns back to you, her voice a little softer. “…I'm leaving for New York next month. So tonight you've gotta watch the whole thing with me, and no drifting off, not for one minute. You hear me?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
