After all, as Tom himself tells us, everything is political. Its political on two levels.
1) Hollywood studio executives allegedly are notorious Liberals. Without actually saying so, he can put this all on them.
2)The audience is the rabble, the takers, the 47%.
I could tell it was political before I even saw his graphic, which was blocked, just by its tone and the way the last line was carefully positioned for maximum rhetorical effect. And you should take some time perusing the website where he picked it up. Let's just say its pretty partisan.
Having said that, although I don't share Tom's assessment of the causes, I don't disagree with Tom's observations about the movie biz at all. It's spot on. Studio execs are money-grubbing creeps regardless of their politics, and the bulk of movie audiences are rabble, regardless of theirs. It's why no self-respecting citizen goes to the theater any more.
Off Topic » in reply to Tom...did you mean for this post to be political?
I didn't.
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