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Rush Limbaugh February 28th, 2017

Feb 28, 20173 min
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The movie industry is in a gloomy period.  Paramount lost almost half a billion dollars last year.  Sony wrote off almost a billion dollars.  According to the Hollywood Reporter 60 percent of the general public could not name a movie up for best picture.  Netflix and HBO streaming are reasons for the drop off of the industry.

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My friends, A picture looks grim for the big film studios. The Wall Street Journal says this year's Oscars took place during one of the gloomiest times for the movie industry in recent memory. Paramount lost almost half a billion dollars last year, Sony wrote off almost a billion. None of the movies up for Best Picture made a hundred million dollars. That's considered to break even point from major movies. According to a survey by the Hollywood Reporters, sixty percent of

you could not name a single movie nominated for Best Picture. Now, the Journal lists some reasons for all this. One Fewer people go to the movies because the Netflix, HBO and other ways of watching to lack of originality. Most big studio movies are based on comic books, best selling novels, or old franchises like Star Wars and Three Big Stars. Sky high pay is hurting the bottom line. Now, these explanations make sense as far as they go, but the Journal leaves out a big reason that big movie is

laying an egg, and that's politics. The endless tie rage from hardcore liberal actors have turned off millions of their former customers. Hollywood is totally disconnected from much of its audience, and with so many stars suffering Trump derangement syndrome, that's not going to get better anytime soon. Liberalism is why so many Americans think that Hollywood values just aren't worth paying to see. Who wants to be insulted and slapped in the face three straight hours

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