{"id":1669647,"date":"2022-10-03T08:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1669647"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:41:10","slug":"lbgbt-rom-com-flops-at-box-office-writer-blames-homophobic-weirdos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lbgbt-rom-com-flops-at-box-office-writer-blames-homophobic-weirdos\/","title":{"rendered":"LBGBT Rom-Com Flops At Box Office. Writer Blames \u2018Homophobic Weirdos\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Flbgbt-rom-com-flops-at-box-office-writer-blames-homophobic-weirdos%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=1669647&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>The screenwriter behind \u201cBros,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood<\/a>\u2018s first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/not-the-representation-were-looking-for-netflix-removes-lgbtq-tag-from-jeffrey-dahmer-drama-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBTQ<\/a> romantic comedy, is blaming \u201chomophobic weirdos\u201d for the film\u2019s dismal opening weekend box office performance.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Eichner, who co-starred in the film as well as co-wrote it with director Nicholas Stoller, lashed out as the movie pulled in a mere\u00a0$4.8 million, leaving it in fourth place behind \u201cSmile\u201d ($22 million), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wildes-dont-worry-darling-takes-on-utopia-toxic-masculinity-and-a-whole-bunch-of-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don\u2019t Worry Darling<\/a>,\u201d ($7.3 million) and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-story-is-fictionalized-viola-davis-responds-to-boycott-of-the-woman-king-for-being-historically-inaccurate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Woman King<\/a>\u201d ($7 million). The disappointing ticket take couldn\u2019t possibly have anything to do with the movie\u2019s quality, he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night I snuck in and sat in the back of a sold out theater playing BROS in LA,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cThe audience howled with laughter start to finish, burst into applause at the end, and some were wiping away tears as they walked out. It was truly magical. Really. I am VERY proud of this movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRolling Stone already has BROS on the list of the best comedies of the 21st century,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Then he posited his theory that his movie is struggling because heterosexual people don\u2019t want to see it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn\u2019t show up for Bros,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAnd that\u2019s disappointing but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bros Review: A Degenerate Lust Story Mixed With Child\u00a0Grooming <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z55AejTyX5\">https:\/\/t.co\/z55AejTyX5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Bar Room Podcast \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde8 (@SocietyMovies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SocietyMovies\/status\/1576665877310803968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone who ISN\u2019T a homophobic weirdo should go see BROS tonight\u201d as \u201cit *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don\u2019t get this opportunity often,\u201d he instructed.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rolling Stone already has BROS on the list of the best comedies of the 21st century. What\u2019s also true is that at one point a theater chain called Universal and said they were pulling the trailer because of the gay content. (Uni convinced them not to). America, fuck yeah, etc etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 billy eichner (@billyeichner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billyeichner\/status\/1576685324209569796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone who ISN\u2019T a homophobic weirdo should go see BROS tonight! You will have a blast! And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don\u2019t get this opportunity often. I love this movie so much. GO BROS!!! \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 billy eichner (@billyeichner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billyeichner\/status\/1576686311829749761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think this kind of sales pitch is gonna work,\u201d commentator David Reaboi noted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t think this kind of sales pitch is gonna work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q2Rg6vwxco\">https:\/\/t.co\/q2Rg6vwxco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davereaboi\/status\/1576896920986931201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Support me or you\u2019re a homophobe\u2019 doesn\u2019t have the marketing power it once used to thanks to overuse. That\u2019s good to see. May this movie die a thousand deaths\u2026,\u201d Derek Hunter of Townhall responded.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Support me or you&#8217;re a homophobe&#8221; doesn&#8217;t have the marketing power it once used to thanks to overuse. That&#8217;s good to see. May this movie die a thousand deaths\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a29vGsVU2t\">https:\/\/t.co\/a29vGsVU2t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter\/status\/1576898198089920512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fitness guru Max Lugavere: \u201cBros completely tanked at the box office and you\u2019re a homophobe if you didn\u2019t go see it. Kay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bros completely tanked at the box office and you\u2019re a homophobe if you didn\u2019t go see it. Kay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R3A3WVatnG\">https:\/\/t.co\/R3A3WVatnG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxlugavere\/status\/1576767477362499585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author Rod Dreher: \u201cYou are a BIGOT if you don\u2019t go see my failed movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou are a BIGOT if you don\u2019t go see my failed movie.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I91nutjmG5\">https:\/\/t.co\/I91nutjmG5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rod Dreher (@roddreher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roddreher\/status\/1576900486971940865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The screenwriter behind \u201cBros,\u201d Hollywood\u2018s first\u00a0LGBTQ romantic comedy, is blaming \u201chomophobic weirdos\u201d for the film\u2019s dismal opening weekend box office performance. Billy Eichner, who co-starred in the film as well as co-wrote it with director Nicholas Stoller, lashed out as the movie pulled in a mere\u00a0$4.8 million, leaving it in fourth place behind \u201cSmile\u201d ($22 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1669650,"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-1669647","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\/1669647","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1669647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1669647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}