Just To Be Clear Mark Wahlberg's Movie Was #1 With Like Two Dollars In Sales?

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Sure you can say that $12 million is a lot of money. I'm not denying that. 

Like $12 million for a dozen donuts at Dunkin?

Way too much.

Getting a bonus of $12 million for your day job where your salary is $65K?

Awww hell yeah!

You know that's a lot of money!

But for a movie with a $25 million production budget?

And a marketing and distribution budget of  like $20 million?

And you know that second week is gonna be like a 50% drop.

At least!

That's a loser...

A big L.O.S.E.R

And I'm not saying Wahlberg can't get a chance at redemption--not only for his hate crimes, but also for asking for them to be expunged--he was a teen when he did the crimes (tried as an adult), and an adult when asked for them to be expunged--

Because no one's perfect right? We all make mistakes right? And we can all be better people and turn our lives around. We should have the opportunity to do that.

But a big L.O.S.E.R is still a big L.O.S.E.R.

And when you do what he did and wait until he was an adult to express forgiveness, and doing that only when you were looking to get pardoned (even if pushed into it), and talking about not reliving it...people have every right to look at you with some side eye.

They have every right to question intentions like when he was expressing thoughts about the murder of George Floyd, or to comment on how WE ALL thought it was odd when he gave the award to the cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once.

I'm not saying his foundation for young kids doesn't do good in the world.

I'm not saying he hasn't apologized (for whatever anyone attaches to that).

But has he done anything specific for Vietnamese or Asian Americans?

Does he need to?

No matter what, in the end--no matter what side anyone is on--this gets to follow him.

People get to ask questions.

It's just fair.


P.S.

Don't even get me started on Mel Gibson....