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CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Amazon’s Spending on ‘Melania’ Is a Barely Concealed Bribe

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Amazon’s Spending on ‘Melania’ Is a Barely Concealed Bribe

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CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/media/amazon-melania-trump-film-critics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IFA.R85v.5ZtNe8FttfaD
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  • jasoman@lemmy.world
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    NY Times trying to play on the fence.

    • foodandart@lemmy.zip
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      NY Times is useless at this point.

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    Bring it home to Amazon by torpedoing their Melania search results…

    https://old.lemmy.zip/post/57972354

    It’s free… and hilariously bad…

    • ClownStatue@piefed.social
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      Thanks for the recommendation. Added to my library

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    The one redeeming factor is that, proportionally, this will probably make it on the list of biggest movie flops in history. Probably right ahead of Krull and somewhere behind Ishtar.

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      It’s possible that MAGA will go see it in order to make it successful, just like how Nazis bought Mein Kampf but never read it.

      But probably not many MAGA view Melania as having any worth.

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        I’m sure Bezos will artificially inflate views by just adding a couple zeroes to the end if anyone asks. He’s not required to be honest about it. But that’s not box office receipts.

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          They’ll inflate views by having it auto play, pinned to the top of PV.

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        It’s what they’ve been doing with everything Dinesh D’Souza, Matt Walsh (the fascist bigot, not the actor from Veep) and the like vomit onto the world, so it would be VERY surprising if they didn’t do the same with their Mrs Messiah herself.

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      Difference is I’ve seen those.

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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      Hey now! My 5yo self watched krull several times and liked it!

      There is not a single part of me (not even the 5yo one) that would watch Melania.

    • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip
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      Krull was a flop? : (

      • hansolo@lemmy.today
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        It didn’t break even. It wasn’t the biggest flop ever, but according to the wiki page it only made back half of what it cost to make.

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      For real. The more they spend the better.

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    Excellent…

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    This is not just a little fishy — it’s a veritable open air seafood market.

    😘👌

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    How is it even “barely” concealed?

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      Cost of Filming = 1 million dollars

      Expected Gross Income = 10 bucks

      Royalty Royalties = 25 million dollars

      “We hid this so well” snicker snicker

      • Amazon Execs

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