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ForteEXE3850 posted...

While this movie has been made an issue of politics regardless of what the contents of the movie actually are, is there any real statistics showing that its success on a relatively small budget compared to the modern Hollywood blockbuster is fueled mostly by right leaning by conservatives?

I'm sure most people who have already decided whether they like or dislike the movie from a political angle haven't even bothered watching it. This is not specific to this situation, this is common among many types of movies, including people who claim they are supporting a movie for political reasons (and those movies still end up bombing despite large amounts of online political support).

I feel like the mainstream medias initial attempt to shut this thing down accidentally "Streisand effected" it. Now people want to watch it just because they want to know what all the fuss is about.

I fail to see how mainstream reviews being critical constitute the 'mainstream media' attempting to 'shut this thing down'. It's being played in theatres everywhere. Can't really argue the "Streisand Effect" point though, that's fair. Plenty of movies get bad reviews. Plenty of movies get bad reviews and remain popular.

It was heavily advertised via Conservative media sources. I think it would be nonsensical to claim that the majority of viewers are not Conservative.