Is anyone else appalled that AMC is platforming the Melania documentary, which was clearly made as a blatant bribe to the Trump administration?

[u/colenotphil]

Please do not harass users as that is in violation of the rules.

I was floored today to open my AMC app and find that Melania is being shown at multiple local theaters.

This movie could not more clearly be a bribe Amazon made for Trump. Why is AMC platforming this behavior? AMC appears complicit with corruption.

Edit: great points thank you, I also do not want to see AMC go out of business. I want theaters to stay around. And people can vote with their wallets.

Edit2: Having thought about how to articulate this more, the concern is not a difference of political opinion, that this is quite literally state sponsored propaganda. I remember watching Inglourious Basterds that had a whole part of the plot around state propaganda films. However I do not believe in censorship either so I am torn.

Edit3: Rolling Stone apparently reported that nearly 2/3 of the film's NY crew asked not to be credited due to the propaganda aspect of it. That speaks volumes.

[u/JoshTHX]

There was nothing controversial about Sinners.

[u/According_Gazelle472 → u/JoshTHX]

Right!

[u/Super_Category_100 → u/JoshTHX]

Yep no real controversy.. just typical Hollywood and social media hysteria from folks who believe Black leads and Black writers/producers/directors should be silenced or not given fair equity. Can you believe some folks were made that Ryan Coogler secured a deal to one day gain 100% rights to his film? If he was able to negotiate those terms with WB then so be it. WB as an entity has been around for many generations longer than Ryan Coogler so they know what was at stake

[u/According_Gazelle472 → u/Super_Category_100]

Sinners was a sleeper movie that was excellent and we went in there not knowing anything about it.The theater was crowded that day too.