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Barrett and Roberts Side with Libs at SCOTUS, Woke Wiener Harassed, and "Supergirl" Bombs, with Mike Davis and Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1349
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Hollywood's Broken Superhero ATM and the Predictable Closing
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Stu Burguiere delivers his final verdict on the Supergirl disaster: Hollywood spent 15 years 'putting a cape on anything and collecting 9 figures,' but that era is over and the audience has finally stopped coming. He suggests studios could solve this simply — make a good movie, and contractually ensure the lead actress won't turn the press junket into a political lecture. The recent Superman reboot did both and succeeded. He references Atomic Blonde and Zero Dark Thirty as examples of female-led films that worked precisely because they prioritized quality and didn't moralize. Megyn Kelly's parting shot is a contrast between Gal Gadot — beautiful, aspirational, widely appealing — and what she describes as the strange little person with weird teeth who hates male-centered relationships. She closes by teasing tomorrow's show, which will cover the birthright citizenship and trans athlete SCOTUS decisions, then signs off with the show's standard 'no BS, no agenda, no fear' close. [1] — Stu Burguiere "Hollywood spent 15 years printing money by putting capes on anything. That era is over. Making a merit-free, ideologically preachy movie wi…" 1:38:20
Hollywood spent 15 years printing money by putting capes on anything. That era is over. Making a merit-free, ideologically preachy movie with an actress who lectures her target audience is not a formula — it's malpractice. The recent Superman release got decent reviews and collected hundreds of millions of dollars. The bar is not that high.
