“You couldn’t pay me to work at a Taylor Swift fan event.” “Swifties are die-hards.” “The Taylor Swift fans are passionate but respectful; they just want to celebrate her.” “Taylor fans can party.”

This is what bartenders up and down 19th street told me in the wake of the Life of a Showgirl ’s release October 3. But none of them had to serve drinks to the surge of Swifties who descended on AMC Theatres during that weekend’s record-breaking Official Release Party of a Showgirl theatrical event—a limited engagement that meant the only two AMC theater bartenders in all of Manhattan had to be prepared for anything .

The Official Release Party of a Showgirl , which kicked off October 3 at 3 p.m. ET and screened simultaneously across time zones, brought opalite sequins, signature sil

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