"i'm so courageous and brave" - me throwing away the creative hard work of thousands of people
DiscussingFilm
 @DiscussingFilm
29 Nov 2023
David Zaslav says scrapping films for tax write-offs took courage. “What content is going to help us win? The content that wasn’t, we made a strategic decision on. It was difficult & painful... But it was necessary.” (Source: theverge.com/2023/11/29/2398…)

Nov 29, 2023 · 6:48 PM UTC

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"The government paid him well for every film he did not release. The more films he did not release, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new studios to increase the amount of films he did not release."
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...A Hard Drive post being factual?!? Someone check the temperature in Hell, because it just froze over!
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He's literally just Jack Horner from the nursery rhyme.
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but think about the shareholders!!!!!!!!
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the "courage" thing is def bs but what stands out to me is the "help us win" ..."win" what?? against who?? Against the workers? Against consumers??
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Well the film was apparently horribly bad so...
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Replying to @HardDriveMag @urbanbohemian
Why do rich white men, keep wanting us(me) to wish for them to go out like Elvis.
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On the list of arguments against the existence of a just and caring god, "David Zaslav is still breathing" ranks pretty highly.
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The primary sponsor of a bill that requires any CEO who scraps a completed work for tax purposes to pay estimated royalties to everyone whose work was wasted for the rest of their lives should have a statue built in their honor.
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