pack 'em in

Well-shucked oysters, fluffy Parker House rolls, a comfortable room staged with nautical mementos: Just about everything that helps pack ’em in at the Salt Line in Navy Yard can be found at its young spinoff in Ballston.

Gritty can’t even pack ’em in these days.

Comedians such as Melissa McCarthy and Adam Sandler, and musclemen such as Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, can still pack ’em in.

Aviointeriors says online that the ESP seats meet the “best space exploitation international standards,” which is a fancy way of saying, “Here’s how you can really pack ‘em in.”

Why is the visual art of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries losing favour when drama from that age can still pack ’em in?