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‘Melania’ Could Lose Tens of Millions in Theaters, but Amazon’s Goal Wasn’t to Make Money (variety.com)

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

It's possible that the kind of people who would choose to watch this movie actually do like it.

[-] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Maybe... but It's only 99% from "verified accounts", when you include non verified reviews it drops to 30%.

Additionally, all these verified accounts have usernames with either their first name, or their first name with the last initial (Jane or Mark F for example), many of them also don't go into detail with their reviews, it's just shit like:

Great movie! A must see.

Beautifully done! Sophistication and class. Amazing First Lady!

Great overall movie.

And so much more...

I am sure some magats loved it, but these reviews are total BS.

[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Barely need Russian troll farms anymore; just trained bots will handle a lot.

And then, pointing that stuff out doesn't make nearly the difference one might hope, as the message is primarily geared towards non-thinkers / binary-thinkers, anyway.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I'll never understand people that jump through so many mental hoops to try to justify what are obviously lies.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well then, since you've seen the movie yourself rather than baselessly speculating like the rest of us, what can you say about its appeal to its target audience?