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Is Going to the Movies a Political Statement?
Conservatives aren’t going to the movies anymore. There’s no shortage of reasons why.
Big movie studios certainly have their work cut out for them these days.
Even with technological CGI marvels, virtually unlimited budgets, massive mergers, and no shortage of talented writers and actors, movie producers are having a hard time getting people to go to the movies.
People just aren’t going out to movies as much as they once did.
It is understandable; people in 2019 have more entertainment choices than human beings have ever had in the history of mankind. It is hard work convincing a sedentary population to go out to the movies when most of us would rather stay home and watch old Indiana Jones movies for free while we cruise the web in our pajamas.
It gets dark at 4:30 p.m. anyway.
But with so many fewer people going to the movies, even franchise hits like Star Wars are having trouble finding traction in the marketplace. And Star Wars has joined forces to the entertainment colossus Disney.
Even blockbuster superhero movies, complete with all-star casts and award-winning directors, aren’t the draw they once were at the box office.