Alphapuggle PieFedLake Oswego theater loses rights to screen ‘Melania’ after marquee jokes
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Frees up the screen for something useful. Like a stream of paint drying.
Ooh, hopefully the plot of the drying paint is vocalised at least three times an hour so I can watch on my phone.
Theatre Owner: Oh thank fuck.
artyomThe loss of the theatrical rights is attributed to the Lake Theater’s marquee messages for the documentary. These included: “DOES MELANIA WEAR PRADA? FIND OUT FRIDAY!” and “TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY. YOU MUST KNOW THEM. MELANIA.”
Really not funny, offensive, or even interesting, but I guess that’s enough these days.
Sounds like they did it for the lols, made light fun of it in their promo material, and Amazon pulled the licensing.
“Mostly, I thought doing so would be funny. For some of you, that’s enough. Great! Otherwise… Financially, the film marketplace this week and next were a desert… So, to fill a screen, why not get this inexplicable vanity piece from the current president’s wife? I mean, it just seems so weird that it even exists (who wants a movie about Melania lol?), and wouldn’t it then be exponentially weirder, to the point of being funny, to show it here, at your obviously anti-establishment, occasionally troublemaking, neighborhood cinema?” Perry wrote.
BananaOnionJuiceThe jokes that made the snowflakes angry:
These included: “DOES MELANIA WEAR PRADA? FIND OUT FRIDAY!” and “TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY. YOU MUST KNOW THEM. MELANIA.”
DarkFutureOof. Lost out on a whole $30 in revenue.
They’ll never financially recover from this.
What state is that in?
TheImpressiveXOregon.
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Gil WanderleyFinancially, the film marketplace this week and next were a desert
Uh, Iron Lung? It’s doing very well for an indie movie.
🔍🦘🛎It made several times its budget but it’s still a tiny amount compared to blockbusters
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮“I am Melania, Bride of Trumpella, and I have only known da feet.”
portland for anyone else that has a lake oswego in their area. did not realize how popular a name that was.
SkunkWorkzHope they gonna stop showing every Amazon production in the future like James Bond
My take is the theatre owner was screening the film primarily for mockery purposes?
lowspeedchaseYup the general manager stated they did it for the lols
I love this theatre - it’s a mini Draft House and it is awesome.
There’s a theatre near me that posts political messages. I wonder if they’d do one about that shitty docu if I sent them this.
Lake Oswego is a rich conservative white woman sanctuary just west of Portland.
I’m not buying that this theater owner was playing the movie as a joke.
Why? Are you unable to read? it was stated on their website
“MELANIA (we don’t like her either!) starts here Friday 1/30 to play daily at 5:00* 7:45 🙇🏼 in the main auditorium 🙇🏼 * 5pm Sunday & Thursday shows subtitled for the hearing and/or accent impaired”
Sounds like they were having a giggle to me.
The loss of the theatrical rights is attributed to the Lake Theater’s marquee messages for the documentary.
These included: “DOES MELANIA WEAR PRADA? FIND OUT FRIDAY!” and “TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY. YOU MUST KNOW THEM. MELANIA.”
Maybe they wanted to make money but they still did make jokes against it.
Then why did Amazon pull their rights to screen the movie because they made fun of it so much?
Just because the residents are wealthy, white, Conservative women doesn’t mean the theater owner or the person who put up the marquee is too.
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This is hilarious, I love it! That Perry dude is a riot.
This is definitely peak Portland humor. I could see myself doing the same thing n his position specifically for the marquee jokes.
The book is ALWAYS better anyway.
I don’t know when this reference gained traction, but watching this movie now is like finding those sunglasses. Suddenly, the memes are everywhere. “They Live!” (1987 I think). Just watched it last year fir the first time
And nothing of value was lost.
Doubtless they’re all broken up about that. On the plus side, it frees up the theater to screen something that’ll actually sell tickets.
If you read the article it says they were showing it as a joke because there was nothing else to show at the moment. I doubt it was ever going to make them much money though, so perhaps they can just give the employees next week off instead.
which is directed by a sexual predator, brett RATNER.
Unfortunately there were no pedophile directors available at the time, so they had to get that
We need a #CancelPrimeMembership day. Prime membership is just giving Amazon free money.
Or sail the high seas.
Didn’t know Project Hail Mary is also an Amazon production. That sucks.
I’ll still see it, probably multiple times, but I’ll grumble silently about it each time I do.
Arrrrr, matey.
Yarhar twiddle de dee…
Grumble! Grumble! Grumble!
Man, I’ve seen that place.
Lake Oswego is a really nice area (more expensive than I can afford to live) and I thought it was so cool they still had this old school theatre.
Good for them to spout off. Don’t see those people avoiding Whore Foods any time soon though.
I was looking at that area a while back (I’m out of state). Seems beautiful. I later heard that it’s kinda a whites only / racist enclave. Don’t know how true that is.
I’m not white, I lived there for many years, it’s fine. You won’t encounter any issues, it’s insanely safe with the only issues being white collar or drugs sold to stay at home moms.
There isn’t much character though. Food choices are…fine. Grocery options…fine. It’s just…fine.
That’s kind of an Oregon thing. Some parts have moved on more than others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_black_exclusion_laws
All four people must be devastated.
The people asking why they’re even showing the film have a point, I’m not entirely sure why they had it myself. They don’t seem particularly enthusiastic about it.
To make fun of it on their marquee.
The manager pretty much said they could show this ironically or have an empty screen for a week. From a business point of view it really doesn’t matter “why” people are buying tickets; it just matters that they “are” buying tickets.
They’re never gonna financially recover from this.
How fragile can you be? These jokes are incredibly tame.