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08 Dec

HBO Max Backlash: Christopher Nolan and More Filmmakers Rip Warner Bros. Over Streaming Release

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Last week’s earthshaking decision by WarnerMedia to launch the entire Warner Bros. Pictures 2021 film slate on its new streaming service, HBO Max, concurrent with a theatrical release, was seen by the industry and the public as the game-changing move that it was clearly meant to be. But the strategy is already garnering a fierce backlash from at least one of the studio’s top filmmakers, as well as a production company that has a major financial stake in several of Warner’s upcoming blockbusters. Director Christopher Nolan, who has possibly made more money for Warner Bros. in the past 20 years…
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13 Jul

Hamilton Cast Reflect on Backlash and Criticism of Musical

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Hamilton is a phenomenon. That word gets thrown around frequently in the media, but in regards to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s compelling reimagining of the American Revolution, it’s true. By blending rap and hip hop rhythms with jazz and Broadway melody, and the history of America’s founding with a diverse cast of marginalized demographics who for centuries were overlooked or omitted by history’s eyes, Miranda created a work that endured beyond its Tony and Pulitzer prizes. Indeed, it became a lasting part of the modern pop culture landscape—even for people who’ve never been able to afford a Broadway ticket. After all, there’s…
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07 Jul

Cancel Hamilton Backlash Gets Response from Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Hamilton is having a moment. Again. After being the toast of Broadway and pop culture five years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tour de force musical is back in the spotlight and in a different context. When it premiered at the Public Theater and then on Broadway in 2015, Hamilton was heralded as a masterpiece that broke into the mainstream with its infinitely catchy and layered original soundtrack, which fused rap and hip hop rhythms with traditional Broadway melody, jazz, and other American influences. And with its color-blind and diverse casting, it also reframed the American experiment’s founding for all Americans. At…
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13 Apr

Star Wars: Daisy Ridley Responds to Rise of Skywalker Backlash

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It’s strange times when a movie can cross $1 billion worldwide but many folks, including the talent that starred in it, are forced to speak of it in tones of disappointment or frustration. But here we are less than four full months out from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s debut and its star is fielding questions about fan division and a muted critical reception. As the ninth and allegedly final film in “the Skywalker Saga”—which includes nine of the 11 Star Wars movies—J.J. Abrams’ The Rise of Skywalker arrived with heavy expectations, particularly after Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi…
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