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They're not far off, either.

I just turned up this. Apparently, 4 people joined The Metro's reviewer on opening night, plus an additional 1 who was apparently another movie reviewer.

So a third of the audience was people who were being paid to watch the movie. (-:

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/30/sat-a-near-empty-cinema-melania-thought-26612808/

Amusing coincidence: Kimberly Bond also writes features for Cosmo.

@GetCarter
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon #TheMetro

Metro

I sat in a near-empty cinema for Melania – here’s what I thought

Propaganda is usually less dull than this.

JdeBP

@JdeBP@mastodon.scot · 8 hours ago

@cstross

The review in @GetCarter 's thread is one of those recycled quotes that actually comes from elsewhere according to Snopes; but lower in the thread people have suggested that the ticket sales for these places can be accounted for *entirely* by the news/magazine movie reviewers who did not have advance screenings.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@GetCarter/115982369126621417

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #VueCinema #Islington #Amazon

JdeBP

@JdeBP@mastodon.scot replied · 8 hours ago

@cstross

They're not far off, either.

I just turned up this. Apparently, 4 people joined The Metro's reviewer on opening night, plus an additional 1 who was apparently another movie reviewer.

So a third of the audience was people who were being paid to watch the movie. (-:

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/30/sat-a-near-empty-cinema-melania-thought-26612808/

Amusing coincidence: Kimberly Bond also writes features for Cosmo.

@GetCarter
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon #TheMetro

Metro

I sat in a near-empty cinema for Melania – here’s what I thought

Propaganda is usually less dull than this.

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