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They say "no publicity is bad publicity", but I don't think that's quite true. There's the bad publicity that comes out of controversy, that excites people and arouses their curiosity, and then there's the kind that reveals a weak thing for what it is. Feminists wish that it's the former, but it's the latter. Nobody out there is going "oh wow, they dared to make the ghostbusters female, this is so TABOO I'm going to sneak out and watch this movie despite my conservative white republican anti-gay christian parents telling me no". It's just not happening. The status quo is not controversial or taboo. The movie just looks like shit, and not even the "so bad it's good" kind of shit. When it comes time for people to make a decision on what to spend their money on, they'll go see something else, because they want something enjoyable.
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[–] user2033 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
They say "no publicity is bad publicity", but I don't think that's quite true. There's the bad publicity that comes out of controversy, that excites people and arouses their curiosity, and then there's the kind that reveals a weak thing for what it is. Feminists wish that it's the former, but it's the latter. Nobody out there is going "oh wow, they dared to make the ghostbusters female, this is so TABOO I'm going to sneak out and watch this movie despite my conservative white republican anti-gay christian parents telling me no". It's just not happening. The status quo is not controversial or taboo. The movie just looks like shit, and not even the "so bad it's good" kind of shit. When it comes time for people to make a decision on what to spend their money on, they'll go see something else, because they want something enjoyable.