{"id":1087,"date":"2008-10-11T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T18:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2008-10-29T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T01:35:24","slug":"bill-oreillys-god-gets-clobbered-at-the-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Bill O’Reilly’s God Gets Clobbered At The Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week Bill O’Reilly observed<\/a> that two ideologically contrasting movies were about to be released. One was the liberal bashing “An American Carol<\/a>“<\/em> in which O’Reilly has a small part ( Note to BO: There are no small parts, only small actors<\/s> minds). The other was Bill Maher’s docu-comedy “Religulous<\/a>.”<\/em> O’Reilly, whose analysis of media is notoriously shoddy<\/a>, couldn’t help but speculate as to the reception these films would receive:<\/p>\n

“It will be very interesting to see which movie wins at the box office. Will the pagans score big? Or will the first conservative satire ever clobber the atheists?”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently the Pagans and Atheists have prevailed. At least they didn’t get clobbered. After a week in general release the two films are virtually tied at about $4.5 million. However, Carol opened in 1,639 theaters while Religulous opened in only 568. So Religulous outperformed Carol on a per-screen basis by over 300%.<\/p>\n

These results must surely be unwelcome news for O’Reilly (and God). As for Maher, O’Reilly advises him to “pray for a long life.”<\/em> O’Reilly even takes a swipe at Oliver Stone’s precarious salvation status. Stone’s biopic of George Bush, “W.”<\/em> will arrive at theaters next week.<\/p>\n

“I’ll make a bold prediction: Many critics will love it! Can you imagine anyone sticking up for Mr. Bush at this point in time?”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll make a bold prediction too: Many critics will hate it!<\/em> I know, I’m really going out on a limb. The fact that O’Reilly thinks that a negative review equates to “sticking up for Mr. Bush”<\/em> shows just how deeply degraded his cognitive skills have become. He can’t seem to comprehend that critics may base their reviews on their impressions of the film’s qualities. And O’Reilly has previously expressed his paranoid perspective of the film critics community as being hopelessly liberal. He arrived at this conclusion because a majority of critics whom he asked about their ideological leanings declined to answer. Therefore, in O’Reilly’s dementia, they must be clandestine socialists bent on ripping America apart.<\/p>\n

It must be getting harder and harder to be Bill O’Reilly – an egotistical demagogue who can’t seem to win even with God on his side.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> After four weeks in release, An American Carol has earned $6.9 million. Religulous has earned $10.7 million. So Religulous has earned 55% more despite playing in one third the number of theaters and costing one tenth the amount to produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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