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Amazon pulls Melania from Oregon cinema after owner’s criticism as rumours mount over ‘fake ticket sales’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 40 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Citing the Substack of industry pundit Tom Brueggemann, the article claims: “Industry sources say there were signs that blocks of tickets were purchased for the weekend, then distributed to senior citizen homes, Republican activitists, other interested parties for free to help boost audiences.”

They literally had to pay for people to see it. That's hilarious.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Paid protestors

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Shenanigans happened for another conservative movie called “the sound of freedom” a few years ago.

[–] teft@piefed.social 4 points 16 hours ago

They do the same for their books too. Buy a bunch so they show up on best seller lists then hand the books put for free at events.

[–] L_N@piefed.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

I think just about every conspiracy theorist promoted this terrible movie. "The best movie of all time," they claimed, with their usual bad faith.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

They are trying to replicate Triumph of the Will