Alternate Reality: Fox & Friends Declares Atlas Shrugged Movie A "Victory For Capitalism"

[marmar]

from Media Matters for America:




Alternate Reality: Fox & Friends Declares Atlas Shrugged Movie A "Victory For Capitalism"
April 26, 2011 8:47 am ET by Ben Dimiero


Despite the hype it's getting from conservative writers, the Atlas Shrugged movie is far from a ringing box office success. But since the movie's commercial failure does not fit with the Fox narrative -- "scrappy Tea Party film shocks stupid commie Hollywood liberals with its capitalist victories" -- Fox News has decided to just completely ignore reality and continue to declare the movie a success.

Have a look at the Fox & Friends segment this morning hyping what Doocy called "a great movie" and the chyron declared a "Victory For Capitalism."

Watch: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201104260014


Doocy frames his spin using familiar lines: while the "Hollywood community had very low expectations for this particular film," it has supposedly "really taken off" with "people who were aligned with the Tea Party." Guest host Juliet Huddy also played up the Tea Party connection, saying that the film "sort of goes along with the Tea Party movement, it sort of just came out of nowhere and it really blossomed - kind of understandable." Doocy added that the message of the film is "about capitalism," prompting Kilmeade to interject that people "don't need your entitlements!"

In an impressive display of lying by omission, Kilmeade laid out the hard numbers on the film: "You got 299 theaters last weekend - it averaged they say, and this is a lot of money for people in the business, they say this is staggering, $5,640 per screen - so now, Juliet, they are going to roll it out in 425" screens. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201104260014

[HughBeaumont]

1. A victory for capitalism written by "entitlement" receiver Ayn Rand.

:eyes:

This steaming pile should have gone straight to VHS.

[kentauros]

7. A "better" format

would be the RCA Videodisc :P

[HughBeaumont]

10. Now that's some more-retro-than-thou stuff.

:headbang:

[kentauros]

11. I laughed at that format when it was new!

Video reproduction with a stylus/needle?! :rofl:

[pstokely]

15. or Betamax or HD-DVD

nt

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. The producers fucked up by not making the movie in cartoon form

Teabaggers have a hard time with anything more mentally taxing.

[regnaD kciN]

17. No joke...

If there's any medium that would seem a natural for Rand, it would be graphic novels (i.e. comic books for "adults").

[hifiguy]

3. By the logic of the Fauxbots

"Gigli" was a huge hit, too.

A steaming turd by any other name.....

[Brickbat]

4. Well, they're right. It's a victory for true capitalism in that the market will not support crap.

If only it always worked that way...

[Javaman]

5. They are only going to hurt their hands by clapping harder...

it's amazing when even the failed filmmaker has basically thrown in the towel.

[DCKit]

6. Then why isn't it making money?

More like socialism, in that the producers are writing checks to subsidize its continued existence.

Who knew Ayn Rand would still be a welfare queen so long after her death?

[Snoutport]

8. a victory for capitalism? they are losing their shirts...

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

9. "really taken off" with "people who were aligned with the Tea Party."

You mean the way Triumph of the Will really took off with people who were aligned with the Nazi party?

[Zorra]

12. A failure of truly epic proportions? I can kind of see that. nt

[Mz Pip]

13. Let the marketplace decide.

The marketplace decided that Atlas Shrugged sucked.

[Johonny]

14. It's not even doing as well as Jane Eyre

last week
Jane Eyre 319 theaters made $737,177 in its 7th week out.

Atlas Shrugged Part I 465 theaters made $881,034 in its 2nd week out.

Needless to say it is a bad sign to be averaging less per theater than a movie out 7 weeks.

Heck Win Win 388 theaters made $1,107,961 in its 5th week out

More Americans care about wrestling than some stupid ass teaparty wet dream.

[upi402]

16. I just can't look at Fox & Fiends

"Doocy added that the message of the film is "about capitalism," prompting Kilmeade to interject that people "don't need your entitlements!" ..."

People DO need 'entitlements'. And they're NOT 'entitlements' - they are; 'getting our funds back' from the insurance program we paid into. I guess we're entitled to get our money back from an insurance program we agreed to get in our time of need.

Kick this
insanity in the teeth

[fascisthunter]

18. To Counter the Fact that it BOMBED... HAHAHAHAAHAHHA!

[mikeytherat]

19. Ironically funny, but they are right. It is a victory for capitalism.

And capitalism has turned up it's nose at this stinking pile. The market has spoken.

mikey_the_rat