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Tuesday, July 18. 2023

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The fast metabolism myth: Here’s what actually determines how slim you are


 What is the audience for a woke, live-action “Snow White”?


 There’s always something new to report on New York’s housing follies.


 Dumbing America Down


City Journal on The New Censorship:



Only a powerful, watchful government, in the hands of the Party of Truth, can impose democracy on a troubled society by controlling the words said, as well as the means of communication that convey them, to the public. A wise guardian class, advised by specialists, must be mobilized to assume control of politics and culture. In this framework, opposition can never be legitimate—it belongs to the Party of Lies. Those who follow Savio’s exhortation and throw themselves on the gears of the great institutions will be ground to pulp—for their own good.


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Re: New York's Housing follies.

This is just more proof that the more free stuff/welfare you provide the more free stuff junkies and welfare queens you get. Almost all of our current welfare system is a openly dishonest program to buy votes. The only way we can fix this and prevent it from bringing us all into bankruptcy is to end it. End it 100%, not a penny, not a slice of bread, nothing from the federal government. No more transfers of money from working taxpayers to loafing useless eaters.
#1 OneGuy on 2023-07-18 10:17 (Reply)
QUOTE:
What is the audience for a woke, live-action “Snow White”? . . . “Snow White” is going to bomb, like pretty much everything Disney produces these days.

Disney leads the global box office with over $3 billion so far in 2023. They also led 2022 with nearly $5 billion.
    2022
    Dr. Strange, $952 million
    Black Panther: Wakanda, $853 million
    Thor: Love and Thunder, $760 million

    2023
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, $838 million
    The Little Mermaid, $547 million
    Ant-Man and the Wasp, $464 million
As for "Snow White," its success will depend, as always, on the quality of the story.

QUOTE:
The new version is live action, not a cartoon. Live action not just allows for, but requires, greater realism. But that is a terrible idea: there is nothing whatever about “Snow White” that is, or should be, realistic.

Next thing you know, they'll be making a live action Hobbit movie, or a giant claymation ape movie. ("Snow White" was originally a German fairy tale, Schneeweißchen, not a cartoon.)

QUOTE:
So now Snow White is Hispanic. . . Folks, this is a fairy tale. Get a grip!

Hahaha!
#2 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 10:35 (Reply)
Or a live action Beauty and the Beast. Or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. They could never turn that book into a live-action movie!
#2.1 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 10:46 (Reply)
So... white face is ok?
#2.2 JustMe on 2023-07-18 10:51 (Reply)
Usually, theaters retain around 50% of the profits collected during any film's theatrical run, meaning Disney received around $235 million dollars for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. This means that, technically, the Phase 5 film did make a profit, though a profit of only around $30 million is below initial expectations - especially when further marketing and promotional costs are considered.
per https://screenrant.com/how-much-ant-man-wasp-quantumania-cost-to-make

192 milion to make
#2.3 Don on 2023-07-18 11:07 (Reply)
JustMe: So... white face is ok?

Have no idea what you are talking about.

Don: Usually, theaters retain around 50% of the profits collected during any film's theatrical run, meaning Disney received around $235 million dollars for Ant-Man

Sure. And the new "Avatar" film made over two billion dollars. That's showbiz.

An interesting aside: When "Forrest Gump" blew up the box office, the creator was paid a pittance because, even though the film was phenomenally successful, the studio claimed they didn't make any money.
#2.4 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 11:33 (Reply)
Grossed probably, made as in net profit, no. Disney is about the last place I want to take my grandkids.
#2.4.1 Don on 2023-07-18 12:18 (Reply)
Don: Grossed probably, made as in net profit, no.

Total Disney revenue for 2022 was $83 billion. Disney’s gross profit for the twelve months ending March 31, 2023 was $28 billion, with $4 billion in net income, a 50% increase in net income year-over-year.
#2.4.2 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 12:26 (Reply)
Stock price $197.16 03/08/2021
Stock price $86.10 Today

Not only am I not buying but a whole lot of somebodies are not buying it. They are on the wrong track as far as I am concerned.
#2.4.2.1 Don on 2023-07-18 14:22 (Reply)
And from westernrifleshooters ... MEME

Off White and the seven diversities.

I just don 't see it as a money maker either.
#2.4.2.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-18 14:42 (Reply)
Headlineusa.com by Jacob Bruns July 18

Disney cues up its next woke stinker as stock price plummets.

"People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White ... yeah, it is -because it needed that ...

More Gramsci/Marcuse drivel sold as "entertainment."

Disney stockholders need to sue the Board and the CEO for intentionally wrecking the brand.
#2.4.2.1.2 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-18 17:59 (Reply)
Don: Stock price $86.10 Today

But much higher than it was a decade ago.

Disney has certainly made a few missteps, if that is your point. However, there are industry-wide problems with the move to streaming, while the pandemic dealt a significant blow to the entertainment industry.

The argument was that "Snow White" was going to bomb. It certainly might, but that depends much more on the art of storytelling and capturing the cultural moment than it does on whether there are seven dwarves living in a cave or seven magical friends living in a cottage.

This is similar to the racist backlash against a Black person playing the little mermaid. Turns out, Halle Bailey was the best part of the movie. But the storytelling wasn't particularly strong, so it made only half a billion dollars.

Don: Not only am I not buying but a whole lot of somebodies are not buying it.

Sure, but a whole lot of somebodies are definitely buying Disney product.
#2.4.2.2 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 14:59 (Reply)
"Disney has certainly made a few missteps,"
--Understatement of the year.
#2.4.2.2.1 Zachinoff on 2023-07-18 16:26 (Reply)
Fire sale at Disney

https://donsurber.substack.com/p/fire-sale-at-disney
#2.4.2.2.1.1 feeblemind on 2023-07-18 19:07 (Reply)
Z: As for "Snow White," its success will depend, as always, on the quality of the story.

As an example, Barbie is currently smashing the box office, even though it is unabashedly feminist and includes a highly diverse cast of Barbies and Kens. (But, there's only one Alan!) It's all about story and execution.
#2.5 Zachriel on 2023-07-24 12:17 (Reply)
Jan 6th was not an insurrection. It was a constitutionally protected political demonstration. Those who entered the capitol did not trespass, they entered without freely as part of a political demonstration against a stolen election. Those people we saw destroying property wore "black block" they were Antifa and BLM instigators not Trump supporters. Those who tried to push the crowd to break the law were FBI and DC police infiltrators put there to create a false flag. The Democrats hid exculpatory evidence created kangaroo trials, used corrupt DC judges and anti-Democracy prosecutors to put innocent people in jail. What your government did in response to Jan 6 is the most anti-democratic, anti-American and anti-constitutional act in our entire history. The left is destroying our country and trashing the constitution. If this politically motivated travesty is not corrected it will bring us down. Impeach the DC judges and indict the prosecutors and those behind them who broke our laws and denied these good people their constitutional rights.
#3 Anon on 2023-07-18 10:45 (Reply)
Anon: Those who entered the capitol did not trespass

Of course they trespassed. The broken windows and injured police are evidence of that.

Anon: Those people we saw destroying property wore "black block" they were Antifa and BLM instigators not Trump supporters.

Be happy to review the evidence for that assertion.

Anon: Those who tried to push the crowd to break the law were FBI and DC police infiltrators put there to create a false flag.

Many people have already been convicted of violent actions on that day. Even a cursory review of the evidence shows that they were Trump supporters. Gee whiz. Many of them took selfies and posted the images to social media of them breaking the law.
#3.1 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 11:36 (Reply)
Of course they trespassed.
#3.1.1 Zachinoff on 2023-07-18 12:09 (Reply)
GeeWhiz!
QUOTE:
"The seemingly provocative actions by law enforcement, in those moments, appear to have set off the crowd, who in turn shouted expletives and grew more aggressive in reaction to the flash bangs, tear gas, and beatings," the National File's Andrew White noted in an Aug. 2 report.

"This, combined with what appears to be undercover federal actors, posing as Trump supporters, instigating and participating in violence, could possibly explain why the protest crowd became increasingly violent as the day went on."


https://trib247.com/articles/report-capitol-police-incited-jan-6-crowd-by-firing-flash-bangs-tear-gas
#3.1.2 Zachinoff on 2023-07-18 12:37 (Reply)
There was a recent movie about a black mathematician who helped NASA launch successful missions. I don't know how much is true or was faked to fulfill an agenda and it doesn't really matter. Should they have cast a redhead with white, white skin in that part?
#4 SillyMe on 2023-07-18 10:54 (Reply)
SillyMe: movie about a black mathematician who helped NASA launch successful missions.

Are you thinking of Hidden Figures?

SillyMe: Should they have cast a redhead with white, white skin in that part?

As racism against Blacks was an important part of the story, probably not.
#4.1 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 11:39 (Reply)
Oops. "I didn't feel the segregation at NASA, because everybody there was doing research," says the real Katherine G. Johnson. "You had a mission and you worked on it, and it was important to you to do your job...and play bridge at lunch. I didn't feel any segregation. I knew it was there, but I didn't feel it." Even though much of the racism coming from Katherine's coworkers in the movie seems to be largely made up (in real life she claimed to be treated as a peer).
#4.1.1 Lord Heathen on 2023-07-18 16:00 (Reply)
But…but…that doesn’t move the Narrative, man. You gotta be down with the struggle. By any means necessary.

Where would this country be without race hustlers?
#4.1.1.1 B. Hammer on 2023-07-18 16:14 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Where would this country be without race hustlers?


A lot better off and Quibble-DickZ would have a lot less about which to quibble.
#4.1.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2023-07-18 16:39 (Reply)
Lord Heathen: "I didn't feel the segregation at NASA, because everybody there was doing research," says the real Katherine G. Johnson.

It's Hollywood and real life rarely makes for a coherent drama, However, the answer is right there in the quote—the facility was segregated. That Johnson had the fortitude to ignore the segregation is a testament to her character, but that doesn't mean it was any less real.

Certainly, you aren't arguing that they never experienced racism? They worked in segregated rooms. There was a sign in the cafeteria saying "Colored computers," referring to the Black mathematicians. The bathrooms were segregated; and while Johnson ignored the law, Jackson had trouble finding a "colored bathroom."

Also, Johnson's hometown didn't offer secondary education for Blacks in the segregated system, so her family had to move. Jackson had to petition to be allowed to attend engineering classes due to segregation. (It was granted.)

B. Hammer: But…but…that doesn’t move the Narrative, man.

But...but...the answer is right there in the quote—the facility was segregated.
#4.1.2 Zachriel on 2023-07-18 16:54 (Reply)
There's that unelected experts society that the "elites" love so much.
How magnanimous of the enlightened beings to look out for what us toothless hill scoggin rubes can think.
Wouldn't want anybody to shirk against the machine or have wrongthink, they might need some aggressive nudging or teeth kicked in eventually.
No inoculation no occupation, it's for the good of the collective, comrade.
#5 Hive Azz Honky on 2023-07-18 11:27 (Reply)
The Last Election

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The Democrats and Republicans are being pulled apart by the new Woke conspiracy attractors reshaping the scene. The old axis is being disrupted by a second dimension perpendicular to it. It’s interesting to watch the political parties try to cope. On the GOP side, it produced a plethora of outsider candidates. On the Dem side, it created a Brezhnev-like inbred stagnation. This is why RFK is shaking up the Dem primaries by running as a conspirator and why the GOP establishment candidates are languishing. The parties can only grow in forbidden directions, and the pressure to transform is plunging them into crisis.

. . . On both sides, but for different reasons, 2024 has taken on the aspect of the Last Election. A WSJ op-ed writes:

The heightened feelings on both sides are reflected in a poll that found that about 80% of Republicans believe that the Democratic agenda, “if not stopped, will destroy America as we know it.” About the same share of Democrats had the same fear of the Republican agenda, saying it would destroy the country, an NBC News survey found last fall.

https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2023/07/17/the-last-election-n1711156
#6 feeblemind on 2023-07-18 11:59 (Reply)
re What is the audience for a woke, live-action “Snow White”?

I would wager the audience won't be large enough for Disney to show a profit on the production.
#7 feeblemind on 2023-07-18 12:04 (Reply)
Rep. Burchett to Newsmax: Secret Service 'Destroyed' WH Cocaine Bag, DNA

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmax.com%2Fnewsmax-tv%2Ftim-burchett-white-house-cocaine%2F2023%2F07%2F17%2Fid%2F1127435%2F
#8 feeblemind on 2023-07-18 13:06 (Reply)
City Journal on censorship ... the big ugly ... the socialist marxist left views their democracy of being under assault by society. Just don't count on Congress doing anything about it. Now, AG's from the states are key to muzzling the federal institutions. The current Missouri AG along with Louisiana is working through the courts to ban the institutions from their social media censorship. The federal institutions are converged beyond salvage. Get behind your state AG's and lawmakers to circumvent the federal institutions.
#9 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-18 13:46 (Reply)
In 1958, when the NACA became NASA, segregated facilities were abolished.
#10 Ray on 2023-07-18 17:07 (Reply)
The Democratic money grift never ends and they don't even pretend to follow the law.

Biden admin awards massive no-bid contracts to Dem-connected firm with 600K tax lien.

freebeacon.com by Chuck Ross July 18
#11 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-18 17:29 (Reply)
More of the James Lindsay 2nd wave Gramsci/Marcuse "gender" marxism on display.

Confidential Biden DOD memo reveals "transgender" service members can skip deployments and receive indefinite physical fitness/standards waivers.

www.dossier.today by Jordan Schachtel July 18
#12 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-18 17:43 (Reply)
What's the audience for a woke, live action Snow White, with only one dwarf? Answer: Not us. This will NOT be the movie that breaks our 5 year old boycott of movie theaters. The last movie we saw in an actual theater was "They Shall Not Grow Old", and it had been 5+ years before that.
#13 Ken Mitchell on 2023-07-18 17:45 (Reply)
Breaking-The glorious people's republic of Michigan (CCP/CPUSA) under esteemed party member Gretchenfuhrer and comrade commissarina Nessel has arrested Grand Old Politburo electors from 2020.
The kabuki intensifies!
100% support for the war in the new civility collective, no shirking.
#14 War Support Support The War on 2023-07-18 19:25 (Reply)

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