Gavin Newsom's Office Responds to Trump's Movie Tariff Plan: “Looks Like It’s Distraction Day Again in Washington, D.C.”
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However, Democracts fighting; going down to CECOT; trying to rescue illegally renditioned residents are NOT distractions. Those are primary defenses of the Constitution and Liberty.
Bleh.
Now I know. Just awful, shallow people
So just like in McCarthyism times
The talent will disappear to Europe.
Can't wait for the next Approval ratings release.
Problem: Movie Industry is Dying
Solution: Put a 100% tariff on it.
Features, TV, Commercials have all seen a 40-75% decline from 2005-2019 averages
Most of it though has more to do with tech advances and how gear is smaller, cheaper & more avail
W/ the collapse of Box Office & streaming
Streaming services are all money pits (Apple+ loses $1 Billion/year)
It used to be that companies would shoot in LA because the quality outside the LA/Canada was spotty and not worth the savings.
Tech advances…
Now chasing incentives in other countries on top of the natural savings, with consistency of equipment & crew in those countries is a matter of industry survival.
There’s virtually no incentive that could compete with those conditions… but tariff threats are idiotic
Or a music video… or commercial. Social Media hit. According to our Permit system, those are all “motion pictures”, same as movies.
Trump literally doesn’t care about anything
Funny to hear somebody who spends his time interviewing Steve Bannon call anything a “distraction”.
He just wants to censor them so that they are jingoistic xtian propaganda bullshit.
That’ll scare red states shitless, they can’t survive without the blue part of the country.
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