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Reissuing Birth of a Nation could bring back the slack-jaws . . . If the hillbillies can panhandle the cash
Pining for the good old days of patriarchy, white privilege, casual racism, antisemitism, superstitious gay-bashing, Islamophobia, Lost Cause, and other "traditional values" seems a poor strategy if the aim is to attract the modern, educated, reasoning audience found in strong, modern, successful communities (the people who can afford tickets, popcorn, etc.).
The culture war is not quite over but it has been settled. America will continue to improve despite the preferences of the culture war's casualties (rural, poorly educated, religious, bigoted, backward, etc.). Some narrowcasting aimed at hayseeds (such as faith-based content) will make a profit here and there, but the future (and its profits) will be found elsewhere.
Disney has more or less admitted, they went woke, got broke in a new SEC filing Nov 29, 08:46
"risks relating to misalignment with public and consumer tastes and preferences for entertainment " {nm} Nov 29, 08:47
Or maybe they needed to just get better writers for their projects. {nm} Nov 29, 08:53
I think there's definitely a level of brand distrust for their filmed entertainment at this point for a variety of reasons. Nov 29, 09:12
Might I suggest white men? Nov 29, 10:06
In the future all films will star Chris Pratt instead of 75% of them. {nm} Nov 29, 10:30
I think Chris Pine is starting to make that percentage smaller {nm} Nov 29, 11:10
Reissuing Birth of a Nation could bring back the slack-jaws . . . If the hillbillies can panhandle the cash Nov 29, 13:47
