Comment on 'Scowling Void of Pure Nothingness': Critics Destroy $75 Million Melania Trump Documentary | Common Dreams

Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  The film industry is just one massive money laundering scheme.

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• SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Coincidentally, Ratner just got greenlit for Rush Hour 4, which had been in development hell since 2018.

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  • hector@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Jackie Chan is the best. Must be a little long in the tooth now.

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    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      He’s a tool of the CCP.

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      • hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Idk how you figure that. He is an actor, of course he’s going to have relations to his home country.

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    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, but you wonder if he’d sign on to Rush Hour 4 now, knowing the director was in the Epstein files.

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• loutr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Even so, they had a massive budget, a competent director, and they didn’t manage to produce something that paints her in a good light.

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  • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh he’s competent alright.

    yahoo.com/…/director-melania-trump-film-pictured-…

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    • loutr@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t get me wrong, he’s scum, but he’s an experienced director with several well-received movies under his belt. Both can be true.

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    • rektdeckard@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Funny way to spell complicit

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      • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Stupid way to ignore that guy’s point.

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  • ferrule@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The best way to launder money is to have a front that is legit. This way it pass the smell test if you just plug your nose a little.

    I would assume bribes work the same way.

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  • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Malicious compliance?

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• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t understand the spending of millions on marketing.

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  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As usual, people are giving way too much credit to Trump. The money wasn’t given to him, it was spent on making the shitty movie.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Money laundering opportunity?

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    • jollyrogue@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, which is normal film industry stuff.

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      • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Which is a money laundering utopia.

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