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Monday, November 08, 2004
Bipartisanship in action
The President of Paramount Pictures is blaming the poor box-office showing of the company's new Jude Law vehicle, Alfie, on the conservative "mood of the country":
Paramount's "Alfie," a remake of a romantic comedy about a roguish womanizer starring Jude Law, opened to a dismal $6.5 million in more than 2,000 theaters, far below expectations. The tepid response was the latest blow to Sherry Lansing, the chairwoman of Paramount who last week announced her plans to leave the job when her contract expires in 2005, and whose movies have performed poorly this summer and fall.
Wayne Llewellyn, the president of distribution at Paramount, said that the conservative ethos reflected in last week's election results might have hurt the film.
"It could be the mood of the country right now," he said. "It seems to be the result of the election. Maybe they didn't want to see a guy that slept around."
It's now considered "conservative ethos" to not blow ten bucks on a thinly-veiled chick flick? I guess that's what passes for "fiscal conservatism" these days...
If it was conservatism that kept Alfie to an abysmal $1,000 per-screen average, then I'm pretty sure Bush would have won by an Obamaesqe margin. No, this was a bipartisan rejection of recycled Hollywood crap. You see, we can reach across the aisle and work together for a better America!
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