Exposing the Grift: Go Woke Go Broke

Tom Felton is awesome.

Oh, one singer is doing well? Cool.
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The Wall Street Journal ran this front page feature five days ago.

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie


Here's the thing. The entertainment industry isn't slumping anywhere else-- particularly the film & TV industries if we choose to focus on that.

It's roaring in Bollywood. It's roaring in China. It's roaring in Europe (particularly Eastern Europe). It's roaring in Australia. It's roaring in Korea. It's roaring in Japan.
It's go woke go broke, not go woke go broke, sometimes.

There's a million possible reasons for that
 
Look at your last 2 messages prior to this one

Weasel behaviour as usual, getting your pants pulled down

Try to challenge someone that Japan and Australia are cheap places to live, realise you've made a tit of yourself and immediately try and pivot to a different argument

Absolute clown shoe stuff as usual

At least Henry got tired of doing this to himself and just admitted defeat on this one

"Reality" lol
You mean my post where I allude to what the article says (Hollywood has slowed down to due the fewer big budget productions being greenest after industry concentration and financialization) and then ask for evidence of how other regions' film industries are booming?

And Japan and Australia both have lower costs of living and wages than LA. Have you ever spent time in any of those three locations?
 
You mean my post where I allude to what the article says (Hollywood has slowed down to due the fewer big budget productions being greenest after industry concentration and financialization) and then ask for evidence of how other regions' film industries are booming?

And Japan and Australia both have lower costs of living and wages than LA. Have you ever spent time in any of those three locations?
Yes. All 3.

What happened, happened how i said it did in the previous post. It was hilarious watching you back track from your initial stupidity
 
Yes. All 3.

What happened, happened how i said it did in the previous post. It was hilarious watching you back track from your initial stupidity
Feel free to point out what I said that was wrong. That'd require having to string together your own thoughts instead of shit posting, of course, but I believe in you.
 
Feel free to point out what I said that was wrong. That'd require having to string together your own thoughts instead of shit posting, of course, but I believe in you.
I don't believe in you, you really are dumb

Japan and Australia are not cheap places to live and these other places cinema and movies are not thriving versus Hollywood simply because LA is relatively a little more expensive to live

None of this obfuscates the fact that you tried to completely pivot and reframe the debate after you inferred Australia and Japan was analogous to being as cheap to live in as India

You fucked up, just own it. Otherwise all you deserve is shit posting. ;)
 
I don't believe in you, you really are dumb

Japan and Australia are not cheap places to live and these other places cinema and movies are not thriving versus Hollywood simply because LA is relatively a little more expensive to live

None of this obfuscates the fact that you tried to completely pivot and reframe the debate after you inferred Australia and Japan was analogous to being as cheap to live in as India

You fucked up, just own it. Otherwise all you deserve is shit posting. ;)
You don't believe that wages in LA are significantly higher than Australia or Japan, or that COLA in those areas is lower?

Are you going to whine to momma that economic stats reported by these regions are woke too now?
 
You don't believe that wages in LA are significantly higher than Australia or Japan, or that COLA in those areas is lower?

Are you going to whine to momma that economic stats reported by these regions are woke too now?
You posited this was the principal reason for LA's slump: your burden to prove.

So show me not only the respective differences in the typical wages of workers in these different areas, or things like the median cost of movie production, but in particular, show me how this gap has widened in the last 5 years, 10 years, 20 years. Because, presumably, LA paid higher wages 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago. So why are they so acutely suffering? Feel free to factor in tax credits.
 
You posited this was the principal reason for LA's slump: your burden to prove.
You plainly didn't read the article you posted. Come on, you're stubbornly mendacious, but at least read the shit you post.

"Nearly 30% fewer movies and TV shows with budgets of at least $40 million began shooting in the U.S. in 2024 than in 2022, according to data firm ProdPro. The first three-quarters of this year were down another 13%.

The situation is particularly dire in Los Angeles. Because of the region’s high costs and a state production tax credit that, until recently, lagged behind what competitors like Georgia and British Columbia were offering, studios make most of their content far from their corporate offices. Last year, there was less production activity in the Los Angeles area than at any time since at least 1995, save for the pandemic, according to the nonprofit group FilmLA."
So show me not only the respective differences in the typical wages of workers in these different areas, or things like the median cost of movie production, but in particular, show me how this gap has widened in the last 5 years, 10 years, 20 years. Because, presumably, LA paid higher wages 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago. So why are they so acutely suffering? Feel free to factor in tax credits.
Again, read the shit you post. Hollywood slowed down as streaming growth slowed and streaming giants consolidated and focused on profitability, whereas previously they were more willing to subsidize losses to gain market share.
TV production was booming in the 2010s and early 2020s as companies tried to jump-start streaming services, but in 2022, investors saw streaming growth was slowing and decided what actually matters is profitability. Entertainment companies, which plan productions many months in advance, cut spending dramatically when the strikes ended the following year.
As I mentioned, I'm perfectly happy to post the obvious (no shit, LA is more expensive to work and live in than Australia and Japan), but you're the one who made a very bold claim with no actual evidence. Your burden to prove, I seem to recall being your mantra.
Here's the thing. The entertainment industry isn't slumping anywhere else-- particularly the film & TV industries if we choose to focus on that.

It's roaring in Bollywood. It's roaring in China. It's roaring in Europe (particularly Eastern Europe). It's roaring in Australia. It's roaring in Korea. It's roaring in Japan.
 
You plainly didn't read the article you posted. Come on, you're stubbornly mendacious, but at least read the shit you post.

Again, read the shit you post. Hollywood slowed down as streaming growth slowed and streaming giants consolidated and focused on profitability, whereas previously they were more willing to subsidize losses to gain market share.

As I mentioned, I'm perfectly happy to post the obvious (no shit, LA is more expensive to work and live in than Australia and Japan), but you're the one who made a very bold claim with no actual evidence. Your burden to prove, I seem to recall being your mantra.
I read the article, LOL. That's why I'm pulling quotes from across the article, and offering you the opportunity to factor in tax costs. The reporter is reporting on those in the industry blaming costs. Yet nowhere does the reporter establish that case.

If you can't substantiate it, either, then I suppose your concession is accepted.
 
You don't believe that wages in LA are significantly higher than Australia or Japan, or that COLA in those areas is lower?

Are you going to whine to momma that economic stats reported by these regions are woke too now?
A: "The movie business is flourishing in India, Oz, Japan, and Korea"

B: "That's because those places are cheap to live and make movies"

A: "are you saying Japan and Australia are cheap to live in"

B: "Prove the movie business is flourishing in those place"

You dick tucked like the best of them. It was funny as fuck to observe
 
I read the article, LOL. That's why I'm pulling quotes from across the article, and offering you the opportunity to factor in tax costs. The reporter is reporting on those in the industry blaming costs. Yet nowhere does the reporter establish that case.

If you can't substantiate it, either, then I suppose your concession is accepted.
I'm still waiting for you to substantiate your claim that the TV & film industry is roaring in all those places. More than happy to provide you the obvious stats on income and COLA after that.

Do you have any numbers to support your argument?
Here's the thing. The entertainment industry isn't slumping anywhere else-- particularly the film & TV industries if we choose to focus on that.

It's roaring in Bollywood. It's roaring in China. It's roaring in Europe (particularly Eastern Europe). It's roaring in Australia. It's roaring in Korea. It's roaring in Japan.
A: "The movie business is flourishing in India, Oz, Japan, and Korea"

B: "That's because those places are cheap to live and make movies"

A: "are you saying Japan and Australia are cheap to live in"

B: "Prove the movie business is flourishing in those place"

You dick tucked like the best of them. It was funny as fuck to observe
Japan and Australia have lower median incomes and COLA, and that's even before factoring in the premium on wages that come with working in the Studio Zone. Do you even know what that is?
 
You posited this was the principal reason for LA's slump: your burden to prove.

So show me not only the respective differences in the typical wages of workers in these different areas, or things like the median cost of movie production, but in particular, show me how this gap has widened in the last 5 years, 10 years, 20 years. Because, presumably, LA paid higher wages 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago. So why are they so acutely suffering? Feel free to factor in tax credits.

They priced themselves out of the market and studios moved out

That... And Cable TV and Network TV is all but dead.

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Kids don't watch TV or Cable... and barely stream Netflix, Hulu, etc

They're all about Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram... or video games
 
They priced themselves out of the market and studios moved out

That... And Cable TV and Network TV is all but dead.

1757434205166-Cable%20Tv%20Penetration%20Rates.png


Kids don't watch TV or Cable... and barely stream Netflix, Hulu, etc

They're all about Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram... or video games
And as my original article noted, YouTubers have been moving into Los Angeles in droves. The article highlighted it's not enough to offset the decline of the traditional film/TV jobs lost in Hollywood, but it also contradicts this narrative that the only reason (or prime reason) for Hollywood's decline is because it's too expensive to operate video-producing studios in that region. If this was true, the YouTube production market wouldn't be growing there.

I was around for the threads when Disney tried high-roading Georgia despite everything Georgia had done to lower their costs and attract them, only to see them come crawling back years later. But it won't matter where they make the dogshit they're putting out with movies like Snow White, Elio, and Captain America: Brave New World. A rose by any other name is just as sweet. A turd sandwich smells like shit no matter what country (or state) you cook it in.

Disney Just Released Its 4th Box Office Bomb of 2025

 
Older but pertinent news

Former Superman actor, now honorary Ice agent Dean Cain states the recent Superman movie was too WOKE

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Superman vs. ‘Superman’? Dean Cain cries ‘woke’ after James Gunn calls hero an immigrant​



The wokety woke just keeps woking!!!
 

“Even going with the $308 million before taking the other expenses into account, Superman’s net falls below the $350 million Warner Bros. spent on the production of the film and marketing.”
 
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