Javier Manjarres went to see Brad Pitt’s new movie “Killing Them Softly” over the weekend and noticed something odd. Throughout the film there were scenes with television sets playing Obama speeches.
As the opening credits rolled, the background audio was that of President Barack Obama giving his 2008 election night victory speech. …
Throughout the movie, whenever there was a TV set in the scene- in a bar, a restaurant, wherever- images of Obama giving speeches were featured. In addition, whenever there was a scene where the car radio was playing, excerpts of other Obama speeches were played. In one instance, an excerpt of George W. Bush giving his explanation for the TARP bailout of 2008 was played. In sum, these political “product placements” amounted to a not-so-subtle dosage of pro-Obama pop culture propaganda.
At one point in the movie, Pitt is negotiating the cost of a contract ‘hit’, but he laments the fact that his price has dropped because of the “state of the economy” for all reasons. Gee, who knew that black market services weren’t recession proof?
Pitt, who is one of the movie’s producers as well as an outspoken liberal perhaps felt the need to make the point that even hitmen were also victims of the “Bush” economic downturn. (Read More)
Manjarres went on to say that while the movie was fairly entertaining, thanks to the over the top Obama propaganda he wouldn’t recommend it. Why pay all of that money to go to a movie when you can stay home and turn on the news and get your Obama propaganda for free?
@lonelycon It did horribly at the box office this week….finished 6th or 7th & only made $7 million. It should fade from that quickly.
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@lonelycon Who is Brad Pitt?
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Alas, Brad Pitt fails to realize thyat in December 2000, Clinton signed the bill that allowed teh financial sector to start bundling bad loans and sub prime loans, and erased manyof the barriers that used to stop rampant commertial/investment bank cross busineess. Also, it was Clinton who signed into law teh push to encourage lenders to lend to people with less than stellar credit and barely enough money to pay for their mortgages, escentially, selling houses to people who couldn’t afford them. And Clinton’s policies (gutting Glass-Steagall Act and telling banks to sell houses to poor people who couldn’t afford them) was the cause of the financial crisis. Bush just happened to be in the White House when these came to their rotten fruition.
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The movie is a box office bomb. The theory in Hollywood is that Pitt was miscast for the role.
http://www.popmogul.com/brad-pitts-box-office-bomb-killing-them-softly/
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My husband & I haven’t been to a movie in MONTHS & we made the mistake–OK, *I* made the mistake of suggesting this movie. I was ready to walk out from the opening when I heard that voice that makes me want to hurl. Personally, I thought the movie was terrible, and the 0bama crapaganda made it unwatchable.
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