{"id":1524610,"date":"2022-06-20T18:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524610"},"modified":"2022-06-20T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:04:13","slug":"jordan-peterson-has-a-theory-for-why-lightyear-flopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-peterson-has-a-theory-for-why-lightyear-flopped\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Peterson Has A Theory For Why \u2018Lightyear\u2019 Flopped"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjordan-peterson-has-a-theory-for-why-lightyear-flopped%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Canadian professor and clinical psychologist <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/jordan-peterson\">Jordan Peterson<\/a> attributed the failure of \u201cToy Story\u201d spinoff \u201cLightyear\u201d \u2014 which garnered controversy for including a <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\">same-sex kiss<\/a> \u2014 to market forces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gay-kiss-included-woke-toy-story-spinoff-lightyear-struggles-at-box-office?%3Futm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">Daily Wire writer Amanda Prestigiacomo<\/a> noted on Sunday that \u201cLightyear\u201d brought in a paltry $51 million during its three-day opening \u2014 despite a lack of competition from other children\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\">movies<\/a> and significantly more robust success from past \u201cToy Story\u201d flicks. Responding to Prestigiacomo\u2019s article, Peterson said on social media that the failure pointed to \u201cthe revenge of the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is so unfortunate:) \u2014 the revenge of the market \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aqbA2MbTAD\">https:\/\/t.co\/aqbA2MbTAD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1538860653498310659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Peterson noted, Americans are by no means enthused by woke corporate activists shoving leftist viewpoints down their throats. A recent poll conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-by-two-to-one-margin-investors-reject-woke-companies-pushing-political-causes\">Echelon Insights on behalf of The Daily Wire<\/a> showed that although 29% of American investors agreed it is a \u201cgood thing\u201d for companies to leverage their financial power for political or social means supported by executives, 58% \u2014 twice as many \u2014 said it is a \u201cbad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 56% of investors said the firms are merely \u201ctrying to appease their critics\u201d and 34% said the firms genuinely \u201cbelieve it\u2019s the right thing.\u201d When companies do take political stances, 36% of investors said they are \u201ctoo liberal,\u201d while 17% said they are \u201ctoo conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pixar \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks\">Disney<\/a> subsidiary \u2014 reinstated the same-sex kiss between two female characters after Florida passed a bill banning classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity for young children. However, another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-poll-over-60-of-americans-back-floridas-limits-on-k-3-lessons-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity\">exclusive poll from The Daily Wire<\/a> showed that 64% of Americans supported the parental rights legislation after they were presented with the actual language of the law.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-poll-67-of-americans-say-disney-is-wrong-to-oppose-florida-bill-banning-k-3-instruction-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity\">same poll<\/a> revealed that 67% of Americans believe Disney was \u201cwrong\u201d for opposing the legislation, as it \u201cwould protect children from inappropriate topics that should be discussed by parents.\u201d There were no meaningful differences between Americans of different racial groups, and a clear majority of Democrats expressed support for the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Chris Evans \u2014 the actor who voiced Buzz Lightyear \u2014 has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/idiots-actor-chris-evans-slams-critics-who-dont-want-gay-kiss-in-toy-story-spinoff\">pushing the kiss scene<\/a> upon the American public, even characterizing those who disagree as \u201cidiots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time there\u2019s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth and that\u2019s what makes us good,\u201d Evans told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/instant-article\/idUSL1N2Y103M\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisney put a line in the sand saying, we\u2019re putting this back in, but also, we\u2019re not going to remove it for any other territories, in these places that would have a problem with it\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/features\/chris-evans-lightyear-same-sex-kiss-1235293017\/\">Variety<\/a> reporter asked Evans, who also played Captain America. \u201cWhat did you make of the company making that decision?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it\u2019s great,\u201d the actor remarked. \u201cAs great as it is \u2014 and you know, I\u2019ve been asked the question a few times \u2014 it\u2019s nice, and it\u2019s wonderful, it makes me happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough to not be a little frustrated that it even has to be a topic of discussion,\u201d Evans added. \u201cThat it is this kind of \u2018news.\u2019 The goal is that we can get to a point where it is the norm, and that this doesn\u2019t have to be some uncharted waters, that eventually this is just the way it is. That representation across the board is how we make films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to \u201cLightyear,\u201d the movie \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d \u2014 replete with military nostalgia and pro-America themes \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/just-say-no-to-woke-top-gun-maverick-crushing-box-office-with-pro-america-messaging-is-a-wake-up-call-for-hollywood\">crushed at the box office<\/a>, earning $156 million during its opening weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian professor and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson attributed the failure of \u201cToy Story\u201d spinoff \u201cLightyear\u201d \u2014 which garnered controversy for including a same-sex kiss \u2014 to market forces. Daily Wire writer Amanda Prestigiacomo noted on Sunday that \u201cLightyear\u201d brought in a paltry $51 million during its three-day opening \u2014 despite a lack of competition from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1524679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1524610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}