Comments on: Documentaries: It’s Either a Crisis or a Boom. BlogNosh 05/07/08 http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/07/documentaries-its-either-a-crisis-or-a-boom-blognosh-050708/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Chutry Experiment » First Day of Summer Links http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/07/documentaries-its-either-a-crisis-or-a-boom-blognosh-050708/#comment-96650 The Chutry Experiment » First Day of Summer Links Fri, 09 May 2008 15:19:13 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2839#comment-96650 [...] has links to a number of blog posts debating the state of the documentary, with Eric Snider arguing that [...] [...] has links to a number of blog posts debating the state of the documentary, with Eric Snider arguing that [...]

]]> By: Chuck http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/07/documentaries-its-either-a-crisis-or-a-boom-blognosh-050708/#comment-96318 Chuck Wed, 07 May 2008 23:25:26 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2839#comment-96318 I'm no fan of Expelled, but the film has made approximately $7 million at this point (according to Box Office Mojo), so to call it a fizzle really misses the point. If anything, Expelled (which will easily clear $10 million with ancillary sales) licenses future investment in star-powered conservative disinformation. In fact, I can just imagine the sequels: Expelled 2: The Reality-Based Community Strikes Back, and so on. I’m no fan of Expelled, but the film has made approximately $7 million at this point (according to Box Office Mojo), so to call it a fizzle really misses the point.

If anything, Expelled (which will easily clear $10 million with ancillary sales) licenses future investment in star-powered conservative disinformation.

In fact, I can just imagine the sequels: Expelled 2: The Reality-Based Community Strikes Back, and so on.

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