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ANALYSIS: TRUE. Hyper-political Hollywood gives us little reason to return to theaters. Twitter i?

By Stephen Green

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Hyper-political Hollywood gives us little reason to return to theaters.

Twitter isn?t real life, but chances are the cacophony of vile, divisive messages coming from Celebrity Nation seeped into the national consciousness.

It?s one thing to swallow hard and watch a new Samuel L. Jackson film at home. It?s another to snag a sitter and/or fork over $30-plus for a Jackson movie knowing he just insulted anyone voting Trump on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live.?

Think that sentiment isn?t a factor in the anemic box office receipts we?re seeing these days?

Stars got hyper-political, and nasty, at the worst possible time. The theatrical model is on life support thanks to COVID, and media outlets which have scared us silly by downplaying hopeful news and exaggerating terrifying tidbits.

Will anyone be itching to pay $15 for an overhyped sequel coming Spring time, knowing they can watch it on their big-screen TV in a few weeks?

Christian Toto, so read the whole thing.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 07, 2020 (boomark / email).