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TheImpressiveX ( TheImpressiveX@piefed.social ) M to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 months ago

Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen ‘Melania’ after marquee jokes

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Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen ‘Melania’ after marquee jokes

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TheImpressiveX ( TheImpressiveX@piefed.social ) M to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 months ago
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Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen 'Melania' after marquee jokes - Lake Oswego Review
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Lake Theater & Cafe announced that it will no longer show “Melania,” the Amazon Studios documentary about the first lady, after Amazon revoked the theater’s rights to the film. “Got […]
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  • artyom ( artyom@piefed.social ) 
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    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.”

    Really not funny, offensive, or even interesting, but I guess that’s enough these days.

    • Davel23 ( Davel23@fedia.io ) 
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      The Prada one is mildly clever, implying Melania is the devil.

      • PointyFluff ( PointyFluff@lemmy.ml ) Banned
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        Yeah. I don’t wear Prada.
        False economy.

    • Kairos ( LodeMike@lemmy.today ) 
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      Amazon got mad over a DOT-level joke

  • BananaOnionJuice ( BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    The 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.”

  • CompactFlax ( CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    Frees up the screen for something useful. Like a stream of paint drying.

    • SpicyLizards ( SpicyLizards@reddthat.com ) 
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      Ooh, hopefully the plot of the drying paint is vocalised at least three times an hour so I can watch on my phone.

  • slothrop  ( slothrop@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Is Barbra Streisand involved?

  • Etterra ( Etterra@discuss.online ) 
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    So they lost the right to have several empty theaters? And they consider that a bad thing?

  • bear ( bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    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.

    • UnspecificGravity ( UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ) 
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      Then why did Amazon pull their rights to screen the movie because they made fun of it so much?

      • fake_meows ( fake_meows@sopuli.xyz ) 
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        The theater owner can just order a different movie on Temu.

  • ToiletFlushShowerScream ( ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world ) 
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    My take is the theatre owner was screening the film primarily for mockery purposes?

    • lowspeedchase ( lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Yup the general manager stated they did it for the lols

  • HubertManne ( HubertManne@piefed.social ) 
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    portland for anyone else that has a lake oswego in their area. did not realize how popular a name that was.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk ( SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ) 
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    oh no, they will lose tens of dollars.

  • IWW4 ( IWW4@lemmy.zip ) 
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    O_O

    WTF @ everything associated with this timeline…

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮  ( Kolanaki@pawb.social ) 
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    “I am Melania, Bride of Trumpella, and I have only known da feet.”

  • some_guy ( some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    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.

  • lowspeedchase ( lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    I love this theatre - it’s a mini Draft House and it is awesome.

  • Gil Wanderley ( gil2455526@lemmy.eco.br ) 
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    Financially, the film marketplace this week and next were a desert

    Uh, Iron Lung? It’s doing very well for an indie movie.

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