celeb news Warner exec debuts misogyny, blames Gaga' interpretation of Harley for alienating men

[IBeMe]

However, Goldstein briefly shared his thoughts on the disastrous debut of Joker: Folie à Deux while speaking with the Wall Street Journal. Admitting that the film had failed to live up to the box office potential the studio had hoped for – something that is very hard to try and deny – Goldstein noted that he feels the "core male audience" that made the first movie a huge success, struggled to connect with Gaga's take on the ever-popular Harley Quinn. He added, somewhat unnecessarily: "The movie didn't land with audiences the way we wanted it to."

 

https://movieweb.com/lady-gagas-harley-quinn-casting-blamed-joker-folie-deux-failure/

originally posted via Wallstreet Journal's piece on Joker 2 (paywall blocked): https://www.wsj.com/business/media/200-million-joker-sequel-is-a-box-office-bust-9b92a7c0

[IBeMe]

the smear campaign by Toad Phillips is in full force I see  He wants everyone to take blame but himself...aka the MAJOR issue of the movie. Gaga is literally the only positive thing about this film based on reviews. He can try but it won't work. You will catch these strays Toad and nothing can stop that from happening. I hope studios NEVER invest in his work without having some control of his script and direction...letting a man like him loose with a 200M$ budget and no oversight was an insane mistake on Warner's part.

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[HASHTAGPOW]

A miscast. Jessica Chastain doesn't alienate men. 
 

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[jesus del rey]

They gave the Project X and Hangover director extraordinary control over the final edit and now they are trying to blame the actress who was the only good part of the movie? I have to laugh. 

[tost1]

How can you be an executive anything and not see that a musical will alienate most people

[Princess Aurora]

Seriously? 

[jesus del rey]

Did she also cause other DC movies to flop as well? Someone quickly check if she had a cameo in The Flash or the second Aquaman movie

[Walk_Away21]

not him actually saying Gaga is box office poison @bjorn

[Gesamtkunstwerk]

I refuse to believe they didn't understand Lady Gaga's audience vs. The Joker's. It's not even the cast, it's that they made it a musical. Sorry, but nobody who liked the first wanted to see that lmfao

 

I think they tired to pull a difference audience than the toxic men that loved the first film, but it backfired, so nobody likes it now

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[GraceRandolph]

Not Gaga "alienating" the straights when a huge chunk of her scenes were cut.

[Rush]

Quote

"core male audience" 

Did males even watch this movie aside from little monsters? 

 

[GraceRandolph]

Just now, Rush said:

Did males even watch this movie aside from little monsters? 

 

The audience was 62% male

[truthteller]

you're the ones who decided that no test screening was needed 

[GAGAISTHEBESTYA]

3 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

The audience was 62% male

and 90% of them were probably liddos cause incels dropped it the moment it was announced a musical lmao 

[Capris Groove]

It's not that a woman was cast it's that Gaga was cast.

 

Of course comic book stans don't want to go see Gaga belt out jazz and Broadway showtunes, like be serious.

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[Verandi]

Ohhhh grab your popcorn this isn't the campaign run we wanted but it's the campaign run we needed. The girls are fighting, Gaga make your next move 

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[NextBish90]

The actors and the acting are actually perfect in the movie. The cinematography and the picture is also brilliant. It's just the lack of Joker story and the musical part upsetting people.

[MatiRod]

11 minutes ago, Walk_Away21 said:

not him actually saying Gaga is box office poison @bjorn

He's saying she's box office poison in male-targeted films. ASIB and House of Gucci did well with a primarily female (and gay) audience.

[Navyofbadgals]

I mean there is something to be said about Gaga really just playing a random woman with little connection to the character that was established as Harley in the comics. That is however something that is not unique to JFad; first Joker did the same AND by the looks of it Todd Philips and Joaquin Phoenix were the biggest driving forces creatively. The poor choices that the movie made are almost fully on them

[P.O.P]

OBVIOUSLY they had to chop a lot of her bits because of how bad it was and her performance ended up ruining this WIDELY PANNED & UNIVERSALLY LOATHED movie.

[MistressKay]

No it was all the shitty musicals. Boring plot. And joker looking acting like a weak *****.

 

 

[OreGuy]

Ppl went to see Joker just to see Gaga (39%), almost as much as Joaquin (40%). Be serious, Warner.

[Domination]

The nice thing about cutting her out of the film is that now trying to blame her for this colossal flop (creatively and commercially) is nonsensical and she's basically immune.

[Xtina23]

 

Can someone add box office POISON to this gif as well?!

 

It's the #TRUTH!!

 

Source: Confirmed by WB executive (hihi daddy!!) >>> atrl

[playboi]

Yeah her acting career is done