{"id":1593005,"date":"2022-08-07T09:18:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1593005"},"modified":"2022-08-07T09:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T13:18:20","slug":"can-woke-hollywood-survive-bidens-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-woke-hollywood-survive-bidens-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Woke Hollywood Survive Biden\u2019s Recession?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fcan-woke-hollywood-survive-bidens-recession%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=1593005&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--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Get woke, go broke they said, but Hollywood didn\u2019t listen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Progressive project after progressive project fizzled, but studio bean counters kept their cool.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, woke Hollywood is concerned about its bottom line, and progressive messaging is getting in the way.<\/p>\n<p>The irony of all ironies? The same industry that <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/politics\/news\/hollywood-reacts-joe-biden-inauguration-jimmy-fallon-mark-ruffalo-1234886636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted Joe Biden\u2019s candidacy<\/a> is feeling the sting of his recession. And it spells trouble for the industry\u2019s woke revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Major players are tightening their belts, canceling shows that might otherwise get longer leashes on life and erasing projects brimming with woke flourishes.<\/p>\n<p>Show <em>business<\/em> is back, baby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/woke-mcu-losing-audiences-phase-4\/\"><strong>RELATED: WOKE IS JUST PART OF THE MCU\u2019S PROBLEM NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first sign of trouble came from Netflix, the undisputed streaming king. Earlier this year, the platform experienced its first subscriber downgrade following a flurry of woke projects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMoxie\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHe\u2019s Expecting\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDear White People\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Break with Michelle Wolf\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKnock Down the House\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCuties\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Gadsby specials<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Handler specials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ramifications of Netflix\u2019s bad news kicked in immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Team Netflix doubled down on its commitment to free speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gervais-supernature-review-trans-jokes\/\">embraced \u201cproblematic\u201d comedy from Ricky Gervais<\/a> for the sake of more eyeballs and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/civil-rights\/3492601-netflix-to-woke-workers-suck-it-up-or-quit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told woke employees to pound sand<\/a>, in so many words. Belt tightening commenced, including the recent cancellation of the<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/08\/first-kill-showrunner-blames-netflix-teen-lesbian-vampire-marketing-1235085354\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> lesbian vampire thriller \u201cFirst Kill.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The usual woke subjects kicked and screamed online over that news, but Netflix claimed the numbers don\u2019t have the show\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SAVE FIRST KILL.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s literally no reason to cancel a profitable show with record-setting numbers and a dedicated fanbase. Especially when it has fantastic representation that makes so many people feel seen.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveFirstKill?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveFirstKill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RenewFirstKill?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RenewFirstKill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RNZE2myX9Q\">pic.twitter.com\/RNZE2myX9Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marisa (@Hot4Haught) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hot4Haught\/status\/1554886560461365248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The platform even nixed upcoming projects tied to uber-woke Meghan Markle (\u201cPearl\u201d) and Ibram X. Kendi (\u201cAntiracism Baby\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>A company with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Virtue-Bombs-Hollywood-Woke-Lost\/dp\/1637580991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cStay Woke\u201d art installation<\/a> in one of its corporate buildings now has little patience for the woke mob. The bottom line matters.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix is hardly the only company worried about its financial status.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Discovery just did the unthinkable, dumping a nearly finished HBO Max movie with a price tag somewhere between $70 \u2013 90 million, depending on which news outlet you trust.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/why-did-warner-bros-kill-202941101.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBatgirl\u201d won\u2019t see the light of day<\/a>, becoming a super tax write off instead of the next DC franchise.<\/p>\n<p>The move outraged the progressive Left. The film\u2019s star, Leslie Grace, is Latina. Her co-stars include trans actor Ivory Aquino. The script came from Christina Hodson, who previously penned the feminist flop \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/reasons-birds-of-prey-flopped\/\">Birds of Prey.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>None of that mattered to Warner Bros. Discovery suits. They sensed a clunker and acted swiftly, understanding how comic book fans and social justice types might react to these matters.<\/p>\n<p>They made the hard call anyway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/media-john-mulaney-dave-chappelle-transphobe\/\"><strong>RELATED: WOKE REPORTERS DESPERATE TO KEEP CANCEL CULTURE ALIVE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time \u2013 say, a year ago \u2013 a woke backlash could coax Hollywood to reverse course. The \u201cBatgirl\u201d cancellation, starring a Latina actress and directed by two men of color (Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah), would have sparked enough outrage to make Warner Bros. do an about face.<\/p>\n<p>The studio might apologize by guaranteeing sequels for all the key players as a form of restitution.<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t happened yet, meaning it probably won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same company that\u2019s standing by \u201cFlash,\u201d the 2023 mega-release starring an actor tied to<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/the-flash-still-releasing-ezra-miller-scandals-warner-bros-1235332931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> new, frightening headlines on a regular basis<\/a>. Ezra Miller, who appears to be a deeply troubled soul, would be canceled under most conditions, along with any projects he had in the hopper.<\/p>\n<p>Stars have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/roseanne-tom-arnold-hypocrisy\/\">canceled for far less.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed it plans to release Miller\u2019s \u201cFlash\u201d next year, Cancel Culture be damned. Why? It\u2019s a guaranteed money maker and apparently sets the superhero franchise in motion for years to come, no matter how much bad PR the release generates.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">David Zaslav\u2019s confirmed \u201cThe Flash\u201d will release in 2023 \u2014 two days after news broke that Warner Bros. decided to shelve \u201cBatgirl\u201d, which was produced exclusively for HBO Max and greenlit by the previous corporate regime.<\/p>\n<p>from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/d_arkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@d_arkin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dW0sHrcGQD\">https:\/\/t.co\/dW0sHrcGQD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doha Madani (Taylor\u2019s Version)\ud83e\udde3 (@DohaMadani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DohaMadani\/status\/1555324651764695040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The hits keep on coming for Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2022\/08\/04\/hbo-max-discovery-warner-bros-merger-explained\/10234294002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max is merging with Discovery+<\/a> weeks after CNN+, featuring woke personalities like Jemele Hill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/go-woke-go-broke-conservatives-celebrate-failure-cnn-1699912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crashed and burned<\/a> in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, HBO Max is yanking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/08\/hbo-max-original-movies-gone-the-witches-an-american-pickle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poorly performing originals l<\/a>ike \u201cAn American Pickle\u201d from its platform, presumably as another cost-saving move.<\/p>\n<p>TheWrap.com reports HBO Max is mulling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/hbo-max-layoffs-warner-bros-discovery-q2-earnings-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">70 percent reduction in its development staff.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other woke Hollywood content is getting the heave ho around town.<\/p>\n<p>TBS\u2019s basement-rated \u201cFull Frontal with Samantha Bee\u201d finally ran out of woke goodwill. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/media-samantha-bee-ratings-cancellation\/\"> cable giant canceled Bee\u2019s show<\/a> after a seven-year run known for endless clapter, vulgarity and progressive outrage.<\/p>\n<p>The show earned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/failing-up-low-rated-full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-gets-renewed\/\">recent renewal<\/a> despite those embarrassing numbers, but in the Biden recession keeping a woke female host employed wasn\u2019t reason enough to keep the show afloat.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a miracle Hulu\u2019s \u201cWoke\u201d series (yes, that\u2019s its title) made it to season 2 before <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/woke-canceled-hulu-1235302948\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">getting the ax.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/letsgetfree-ultimate-woke-fail\/\"><strong>RELATED: IS LETSGETFR.EE THE ULTIMATE WOKE FAIL?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even bubbled Hollywood executives may realize two of the most woke-free movies in memory \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/top-gun-maverick-no-woke-just-thrills-and-nostalgia-on-steroids\/\">\u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d<\/a> and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/spider-man-no-way-home-review\/\">Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/a>,\u201d are also the highest-grossing films of the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times is even sounding the alarm over<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/newsletter\/2022-08-02\/wide-shot-this-weeks-newsletter-the-wide-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Hollywood\u2019s reaction to Biden\u2019s recession.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hollywood\u2019s woke obsession won\u2019t end overnight.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll soon see a \u201cNational Treasure\u201d reboot with an <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/22\/disney-provides-first-look-at-their-illegal-immigrant-version-of-national-treasure-starring-actress-hints-illegal-immigration-a-prevalent-theme-in-the-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open borders message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming \u201cAndor\u201d from Disney+ promises an <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/02\/fiona-shaw-describes-new-star-wars-series-andor-as-great-scurrilous-take-on-the-trumpian-world-says-showrunner-created-a-whole-new-morality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Trump narrative<\/a> addressing America\u2019s so-called reduction in rights, a far-Left talking point that fits the industry\u2019s recent mindset.<\/p>\n<p>Disney seems fixed on woke programming, from children\u2019s fare brimming with sexually aware content to projects like \u201cLightyear\u201d which shoe-horn in same-sex relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mouse House is shrugging off its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/dow-s-nearly-50-point-drop-led-by-losses-for-walt-disney-cisco-stocks-01659724143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stock price fall this year<\/a>, signaling it\u2019s big enough to survive Biden\u2019s recession and the degradation of its family-friendly brand.<\/p>\n<p>Show business comes with an asterisk in the modern era. Woke Hollywood has been willing to swallow hard and accept a certain amount of losses to send their preferred messages.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Biden\u2019s recession, those numbers may no longer add up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get woke, go broke they said, but Hollywood didn\u2019t listen. Progressive project after progressive project fizzled, but studio bean counters kept their cool. 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