entertainment Hollywood Reporter 6 months ago

Movie Theaters Dread Any Warner Bros. Merger, Fear “Tipping Point” Where Whole System “Crumbles” - The Hollywood Reporter

Movie Theaters Dread Any Warner Bros. Merger, Fear “Tipping Point” Where Whole System “Crumbles” - The Hollywood Reporter

Cinema owners oppose a megadeal that would see one of the last Hollywood legacy studios snapped up only five years after the demise of 20th Century Fox: "We have fixed costs."

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The vultures of capitalism are circling again, this time over the carcass of Warner Bros., with billionaires like the Ellisons and corporate behemoths like Netflix reducing what once was a vibrant cultural institution into another asset to be stripped for parts. It's not the love of cinema or the communal experience of movie-going they're after; it's the relentless pursuit of profit, the monopolization of entertainment, and the stifling of creative freedom under the guise of convenience and corporate efficiency. This is yet another stark reminder that in the capitalist hellscape, everything is for sale, including the very soul of art and culture.

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