NETFLIX JUST PULLED A DARK, CYNICAL STUNT THAT PROVES THE MOVIE THEATER IS DEAD—AND AUDIENCES ARE WILLING GRAVEDIGGERS. The streaming giant’s “Stranger Things” finale didn’t just play in theaters; it staged a DISTURBING EXPERIMENT in consumer exploitation, forcing fans to pay a hidden “concession tax” because studios REFUSE to pay actors fair residuals.
This wasn’t a celebration of cinema. This was a FUNERAL. Over two days, desperate theater chains transformed into overpriced binge-watching dens, with audiences shelling out up to $20 for MANDATORY food vouchers just to secure a seat for a SHOW THEY COULD WATCH AT HOME FOR FREE. AMC’s CEO ADAM ARON openly bragged about the “packed” theaters and “sellouts,” gleefully counting a staggering $15 million in popped corn and soda as a victory. But what was the victory? Proving that you can MANIPULATE fans into bankrolling a broken system?
The chilling truth is in the data. The domestic box office remains a GHOST TOWN, down nearly 50 million tickets from last year. This event was a temporary, sugar-rush injection of cash that HIGHLIGHTS THE TERMINAL ILLNESS. Studios and streamers now see theaters not as temples of story, but as pop-up concession stands for their digital content.
They made you pay a $20 cover charge to mourn the death of the very experience you thought you were saving. The final scene of this horror story isn’t in Hawkins—it’s in your local multiplex, where the only thing on screen is the reflection of a willing mark, wallet open, begging to be used.
Author: Kayitsi.com
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