For whatever reason, there are films that we in the entertainment media fail to notice. In the case of the documentary Am I Racist?, that whatever reason is that we’re liberals. Not one mainstream media company reviewed the film — the first theatrical release from Ben Shapiro’s conservative media company The Daily Wire — which has been in the top 10 for two weeks. So The Hollywood Reporter enlisted someone who doesn’t care if he loses all his friends. That person was me.
Even more surprising than the fact that Am I Racist? has grossed more than $9 million, making it one of the 40 highest-grossing docs ever, is the fact that the 14th-highest-grossing theater for the film was the AMC 16 in Burbank. So on Thursday, I went to see who in Burbank, a town where 70 percent of the voters chose Joe Biden in 2020, would show up to see the film. I chose the latest showing possible,...
Even more surprising than the fact that Am I Racist? has grossed more than $9 million, making it one of the 40 highest-grossing docs ever, is the fact that the 14th-highest-grossing theater for the film was the AMC 16 in Burbank. So on Thursday, I went to see who in Burbank, a town where 70 percent of the voters chose Joe Biden in 2020, would show up to see the film. I chose the latest showing possible,...
- 9/23/2024
- by Joel Stein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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