Audience for Palin's documentary: 5 people, including 2 Harry Potter fans who left after 20 minutes

[Amerigo Vespucci]

When news broke about "The Undefeated" -- conservative filmmaker Stephen Bannon's two-hour Sarah Palin movie -- pundits wondered whether it would appeal to movie-goers outside of Palin's fan base. It looks like it doesn't.

The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf found himself one of the only viewers at a late night debut of "The Undefeated" in Orange County, California. Four other people joined him in the audience, including a brother and sister who stumbled upon the viewing when they were unable to get Harry Potter tickets and then left after 20 minutes.

If Friedersdorf's experience is an indication, the film will not have much mainstream appeal. Even committed Palin-bashers may not be up for paying to sit through a feature-length celebration of the former Alaska governor. But that's not to say the film will flop. Bannon described it as "a call to action," which probably excites Palinistas. As Politico's Ben Smith noted, " have been organizing trips to see it and promoting it energetically."

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/sarah_palin/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/07/15/palin_movie_for_palin_fans

[krispos42]

1. I wonder how they stretched 2 years as governor of Alaska...

...and two months as veep candidate into two hours.


Maybe they filmed it in suuuuuuuuuupppppppeeeeeeeerrrrrrrr ssssssllllllooooowwwwwww mmmmoooooottttttttttiiiiiiiooooonnnnnnnn


Like "The Six Million Dollar Man"

[Altoid_Cyclist]

5. That would just about match the speed of her thought process.

And yes.....I'm probably giving her too much credit by assuming that she's even capable of thought.

[krispos42]

6. Some things you do much better when you don't think about them.

Legislating is NOT one of them.

[Auggie]

2. Palin's propagandists will spin this as "... was seen by thousands...

(of empty seats)."

[krispos42]

7. They'll turn "hundred or thousands" into "hundreds and thousands"...

...and never correct themselves. Ever.

[Fozzledick]

3. I dunno, maybe it's got a future as a Midnight Movie special ala Rocky Horror?

An excuse to get drunk, shout insults and throw things at the screen?

[MrScorpio]

4. "Undefeated"?

How Orwellian

[arbusto_baboso]

8. It bombed that bad behind the Orange Curtain????

Wow.

Sister Sarah needs to give up any presidential ambitions,'cuz it just ain't happening in this universe.

[Naruto Uzimaki]

9. Hmmm

I believe he went to a 12:45AM showing on a work night. I'm surprised it even got 5 people to show up, it's no Harry Potter but who would really go to SP movie at a midnight showing on Thursday.

[KittyWampus]

11. Isn't that when Freepers go so they can masturbate amongst themselves to Palin on the big screen?

[arbusto_baboso]

12. For a premiere? Are you serious?

Besides, how many teabaggers actually WORK for a living?

[Cereal Kyller]

10. Didn't babylonsister have this first?

:(

[krispos42]

13. She posted it, and I posted in in GD-P

It gets around...

[Withywindle]

14. The Harry Potter series would have bombed too...

...if Dolores Umbridge had been the main character.

[Lars39]

15. lo

:thumbsup: