Gina Carano's "Terror On The Prairie" (Daily Wire produced movie) Makes $804

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MMA fighter turned-actress Gina Carano once looked set to have a bright future as part of the Star Wars franchise. Cast as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, she soon became a recurring presence in the Disney+ series and plans were put in place for the Rebel hero to take centre stage in a now-cancelled spin-off titled Rangers of the New Republic. 

In 2021, Carano started stirring up a lot of controversy on social media after sharing her thoughts on the pandemic, the 2020 election, and views many deemed transphobic and antisemitic.

As a result, she was fired from the series, and essentially blacklisted in Hollywood. These days, Carano primarily stars in movies made for The Daily Wire, an American conservative news outlet, with the latest effort - Terror on the Prairie - making only $804 (yes, you read that correctly) at the North American box office. 
https://sffgazette.com/sci-fi/star_wars/fired-the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-lashes-out-after-being-a3624#gs.mclxtx

Hey MAGAs, how's that whole "go woke, go broke" thing working out for ya?

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. That sounds like only 2 or 3 churches sent a bus load to one theater.

So sad.

[Jerry2144]

2. I think $804 is a fair amount

For them to pay me to watch that. I wouldn’t go any lower than that amount

[Yavin4]

8. Popcorn and soda included?

If not, no deal.

[Caliman73]

3. There are movies with "conservative" characters and even themes, that are really good...

Many of Clint Eastwood's movies (Grand Torino, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby) are simply good movies despite some of their bent and his personal views, which filter into the movies.

The difference is that those movies are not designed to be conservative propaganda, like anything made by Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire. They are movies first, influenced by the ideas of the director/producer, but meant to tell human stories. The Daily Wire is a propaganda outlet, whose purpose is to forcibly spread Conservative lies. Their movies and "documentaries", and basically everything they produce reflects that purpose.

The thing is that Conservative ideology and story telling is NOT compelling because the point and ending are so predictable. Conservatism is stilted humanity, not based in the realities of the world. Much like Ayn Rand's Objectivism and her story telling, where she had to invent a TOTALLY unrealistic scenario in Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged just to make her ideas work. Compare that to other futuristic, dystopian novels like A Brave New World or 1984, where REAL WORLD concepts were discussed using science fiction as the delivery vehicle.

Ben Shapiro, the owner of the Daily Wire, is a frustrated, failed screenwriter. He had an interview once where he was talking to some acclaimed movie critic and he was bemoaning how Conservatives were "not given a fair shake" and the critic truthfully and brutally just said, "Well, maybe is because what you wrote is just not good". That is WAY more the truth than any conspiracy against Conservatives in Hollywood. Adam Sandler is more conservative, not that his movies are art, but he has managed a pretty good and lucrative career. Why? Because he doesn't open his mouth and say stupid, hateful shit! He tells funny, silly stories that aren't just propaganda.

[Cosmocat]

4. Well said

nm

[Genki Hikari]

7. Letters from Iwo Jima

Is Eastwood's most underrated film. The lead actor who played the former baker/reluctant soldier was phenomenal. Criminal that he wasn't nominated for any major awards for that film. Can't remember his name now, but I'm sure someone knows who I mean.

I can't stand Eastwood, but Iwo Jima is magnificent. Far better than its American-side counterpart.

[Caliman73]

11. Yep. There are a lot of conservatives who are wonderful actors/directors

Gary Senise comes to mind. Like I said, the reason why they are good and anything coming out of The Daily Wire will always be bad is because people like Eastwood, Sinise, Andy Garcia, and Tom Beringer put the story before politics. Shapiro and his ilk, like Carano, Kevin Sorbo and other C listers have staked their livelihood on promoting propaganda. Shitty Propaganda.

[Torchlight]

5. She's gonna have a hard time explaining how her own conservative fanbase

has Cancel Cultured her.

I s'pose she can tweet "beep/bop/boop" again to remind her fans she's still as mean-spirited as ever.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Perhaps the people in her conservative sphere question if she is trans, causing such resentment.

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[keep_left]

10. Get woke, go broke? More like...

...go fash, lose cash!

[Zeitghost]

12. That's missing a lot of context

The movie wasn't released widely to theaters, it was a streaming release that played for a single day at a single theater.. So pointing out how little it made at the box office doesn't really mean much.

[dsc]

13. even a single day at a single theater that is pretty bad

I have to assume that tickets would be at least $7 on average. That is 115 tickets all day. Assume 3 showings and you have fewer than 40 a showing.