MulciberTenebras

MulciberTenebras t1_iydnzo2 wrote

Reply to comment by CatFoodBeerAndGlue in Beware of 'Shark Week': Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male 'experts' named Mike by Kunphen

Discovery has been accused in the past of racism/sexism on their shows (in some cases far worse than this).

After the WB merger, plenty of POC and women in high positions at the company were being forced out. And it doesn't take much to see a pattern of what shows they decided to cancel/erase from existence to save money.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iydh8et wrote

Reply to comment by FlashbackUniverse in Layoffs Begin at CNN Amid Warner Bros. Discovery Cost-Cutting Plan by MarvelsGrantMan136

Yeah, they honestly thought the best way to get past Trumpers demonizing the network for over 4 years... was to sell out to them.

CBS also hired a disgraced Trump admin member to head their programming. WGN eliminated original programming and became NewsNation (to also pander to the base as a mini-Fox News). All of them assumed that "red wave" was gonna happen and that the GQP were to take over, so they readied to pander to the base.

Annnnnd then it didn't happen. Now they've pissed off the old audience and won't be aquiring that new intended audience.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iyd5c10 wrote

Reply to comment by secretmadscientist in The Decline of British Blue Collar Stories On Screen: 25 years since NIL BY MOUTH first hit screens, Gary Oldman’s film has become a relic of a time when working-class stories were major cinematic events. What happened? by Bullingdon1973

This started in the early 70s. They called it the "rural purge".

Shows with rural/country settings (or even had a tree on set, as actor Pat Buttram described it) were all immediately cancelled and replaced with city-focused sitcoms/dramas.

The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Lassie, Petticoat Junction, Hogan's Heroes, The Virginian, The High Chaparral, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C, Ed Sullivan, My Three Sons, Mayberry RFD, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Hee Haw... most were still hit shows, but they all got cancelled so as to eliminate the older demographic and skew more towards the lucrative younger audiences.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iy7wbvj wrote

Reply to comment by The_h0bb1t in Official Box Office Discussion for the weekend of 25 - 27 November 2022 (Glass Onion & Strange World edition) by The_h0bb1t

Odds are Chapek decided to cut costs by not spending on any advertising for the film (rather than bloat the budget even more for this when it bombed). On top of that it's been speculated that the inclusion of a gay main character gave Chapek even more cause to want to bury the film (so as not to add more ammo to the anti-LGBT conservatives already mad at him after the Disney employees forced the company to speak out against the Florida bill).

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