Monday, 24 September 2018

PEAK ANTI-TRUMP REACHED AS MOORE'S LATEST DOCUMENTARY FLOPS


Whether Republicans or Democrats, it seems that the members of the public are just plain bored with the liberal media's constant kvetching about Trump. A sure sign that we have now reached "Peak Anti-Trump" is the extremely poor performance of Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Fahrenheit 11/9," which takes its name from November 9th 2016, the date when Trump's 2016 presidential win was announced. 

This was designed to be a big attack on Trump going into the mid-term elections in November, and accordingly got a massive publicity budget and lots of hype. But instead of being the juggernaut that Moore intended, the documentary has turned out to be a toy truck, flickering on screens in front of empty seats.

As reported by Variety:

Michael Moore’s trump card failed him this weekend. “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Moore’s satirical takedown of President Trump and the current political landscape in America, picked up an abysmal $3.1 million when it opened 1,719 venues. It was the best start for the left-wing filmmaker since 2009’s “Capitalism: A Love Story,” but it’s a far cry from 2004, when Moore’s doc “Fahrenheit 9/11” launched with a record-breaking $23 million. At this point, “Fahrenheit 11/9” will be lucky if it matches the opening weekend of “Fahrenheit 9/11” during the course of its run.

$3.1 million may still sound like a lot of money, but once the cinemas take their cut their won't be much left, especially for a big eater like Moore. Then there are all the production and publicity costs, which have been particularly high for this movie. 

It is clear from this that Moore is going to lose millions here. But this should also be extremely worrying for others in the liberal media, for whom kvetching about Trump is their bread and butter. I am thinking here of fake news channels like CNN and MSNBC and lying news rags like the New York Times and Washington Post

What the liberal media has basically been doing since November 2016

All of these have benefited from the liberal hysteria caused by Trump's election victory and first two years in power, but after two years of doing the media equivalent of a screeching SJW, their audience of Lefties and soft Lefties are just feeling numb and jaded. 


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