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[–] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 40 points 10 hours ago (5 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.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] L_N@piefed.ca 2 points 6 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.

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