Oh SCV, I weep for thee.
A blog I read reported today that TV personality Glenn Beck’s Christmas special, “The Christmas Sweater,” bombed at box offices around the country, selling only a dozen or so tickets in major cities like New York, Boston, DC and such.
In New York, Beck sold 17 tickets. In Boston, another 17. And in Washington, D.C., the hotbed of political activism, his tearful film drew only 30.
Glenn Beck’s new movie The Christmas Sweater – A Return To Redemption – released for a viewing Thursday night inhundreds of theaters across the country. While it performed better in the south and in rural, more conservative areas, his ability to draw viewers in major US markets was a bust.
The weepy show, which was broadcast live on the east coast and tape-delayed for the West Coast, was a one time thing. Tickets cost $20 and Santa Claritans could view it a Valencia Regal cinema.
Yes that’s right. One of Santa Clarita’s 24 screens was devoted to this weepy, self-indulgent tripe produced by a man who has called our President a “racist” who “hates white people or culture.”
But surely there isn’t a market for Glenn Beck’s craziness in the Santa Clarita Valley, is there? I mean we’re not in Alabama right? We’re in California! Close to Hollywood!
Alas dear readers, there is. I just called Regal and the ticket lady told me that while she didn’t stay until the end of the day, she had sold “at most, about 100 tickets” for Glenn Beck’s show. That in a theater that has 200 seats.
So, according to Regal, at least half of the available tickets were sold, perhaps more. That’s $2000 from the SCV straight to Glenn Beck.
I was hopeful last year when we found out the SCV nearly voted for Barack Obama. “Progress! This isn’t my father’s SCV any longer!” I thought.
That is not the case. The tea party event in April drew 1,000 people and 100 plus of my fellow SCVers actually paid to see Glenn Beck cry on the big screen.
Oh well. At least Sarah Palin isn’t coming to our town for a book signing. I think that would make me really despair.
Jeff:
I think there is an affinity here you are missing that I won’t mention.
Jeff,
Beck kind of went too far with this one. He may need to bring it down a 1000.
Jeff, have you read any of Palin’s book?
I read “Going Rogue”. Reinforced a lot of what I thought of her. And a devastatingly boring read.
I also ducked into the screening “Christmas Sweater” last night after seeing another movie. Sitting there, I felt as if downing a smoothie made of dog excrement and warm bile wouldn’t be much worse.
dont worry j-dub, by the time the cinema and distributor gets their cut,Glen only clears about 30 cents on every dollar. So thats like $600. that Glen can go invest into more and more teabagging. He can’t get enough of teabagging, you know.
Never seen Beck. Glanced over his new book in Costco and found it to be amusing and it put a smile on my face.
I know folks want to delude themselves into thinking he only plays well with the dim-bulb rubes in Alabama, but I imagine the real reason he is reviled and smeared by the elitist metropolitans is because he is so effective at what he does in exposing the dark underbelly of those who delight in calling themselves progressives.
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self-parody watch
My dark underbelly is filled with quality french toast at the moment.
Hopefully its not that blueberry cream stuff from Mimi’s. I was so let down by that french toast breakfast.
Mimi’s is TGI Friday’s dressed as a french maid for halloween.
This played in densely populated areas about like Michael Moore’s movies do in middla America.
We have a cultural divide that has crystalized over the past few years.
Personally, I don’t hold contempt for folks who support Michael Moore, I just consider them misinformed. I also don’t have personal contempt for Moore, I think he’s just a showman. He occassionally makes a valid point, one that deserves some airtime, but it’s often crowded by noise, so lots of folks tune him out.
Replace Michael Moore with Glenn Beck, hopefully this is how you feel, as well.