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Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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I'm not convinced there's a conspiracy here. Seems entirely likely that Rotten Tomatoes has no contingency for the release of a movie so blatantly sycophantic and propagandistic that the only people spending money on tickets are those who are already bought into the fantasy.