OUCH!
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They're not far off, either.
I just turned up this. Apparently, 4 people joined The Metro's reviewer on opening night, plus an additional 1 who was apparently another movie reviewer.
So a third of the audience was people who were being paid to watch the movie. (-:
I sat in a near-empty cinema for Melania - here's what I thought
Journalist Kimberley Bond was one of only a handful of people at her screening of the controversial new documentary about the life of the First Lady.
Metro (metro.co.uk)
Amusing coincidence: Kimberley Bond also writes features for Cosmo.
@GetCarter
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon #TheMetro@JdeBP @cstross @GetCarter not paid enough, just like the human reviewers Big Tech hires to monitor for CSAM in poor countries like the Philippines and who experience PTSD as a result.
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OUCH! "It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a documentary, exactly, so much as an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced and ice-cold to the touch"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/melania-review-trump-film-is-a-gilded-trash-remake-of-the-zone-of-interest@cstross Whew, thanks for the heads up.
LOL. I wasn't going to see it.
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The book is perfect: It's absurd, the cover is ridiculous, and it's free, so we're not giving Amazon any money.
redditors have already pushed the book high: It's currently the 15th result when you search "Melania Trump." That's crazy. 2 days ago it wasn't even on the first page. With a little more push, we can keep this moving up the charts. We just need people to:
"Buy" the book (it's free)
Share this post and get other people to buy the book. {MORE}@503bartley @cstross Done! I absolutely love this idea. Use Amazon against itself.
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@UweHalfHand @503bartley @cstross For me too. #2 for both "Melania" and "Melania Trump".
It's rising on Amazon Germany too. #3 for "Melania" and #4 for "Melania Trump".
@Corax42 @UweHalfHand @503bartley @cstross
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I too was concerned for their wellbeing afterwards.
And they don't have the option of doing what that lady who left after 20 minutes did.
JdeBP (@JdeBP@mastodon.scot)
@GetCarter@mastodonapp.uk Who on Earth were those three people in Islington? And are they alright afterwards? https://mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/melania-trump-suffers-humiliating-blow-36629616 #Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #VueCinema #Islington
mastodon.scot (mastodon.scot)
The Daily Record reported a total of 16 tickets sold in Edinburgh and Glasgow as of this morning. ABC reported 50 pre-booked tickets across the whole of Australia for opening day.
Melania Trump documentary sells just 16 tickets in Scotland for opening day
The low sales reflect a global trend of disinterest in Melania, a feature-length documentary produced by Amazon.
Daily Record (dailyrecord.co.uk)
Laughing at Melania's ticket sales? You might be missing the point
Dire box office sales surrounding the US first lady's bio-doc have made headlines, but some argue there's likely a good reason Jeff Bezos's Amazon MGM Studios has splashed so much cash on MELANIA.
(abc.net.au)
@JdeBP Charlie the Anti-Fascist Dog @cstross (surprisingly, many reviewers do not sit through a whole performance. make of that what you will.)
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Ok, Monsterdon fans, are you willing to allow a spyware visible search on Amazon for a novel titled *’Melania: Devourer of Men’* in the interest of the greater good?
It’s currently selling for $6.53 on Amazon.ca if you really want a paperback copy but the ebook download is free.
Reddit has proposed an effort to get this trending.
️️️️️️️@AlsoPaisleyCat This is simultaneously petty and brilliant. I am almost tempted to make an account on amazon for this.
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Ok, Monsterdon fans, are you willing to allow a spyware visible search on Amazon for a novel titled *’Melania: Devourer of Men’* in the interest of the greater good?
It’s currently selling for $6.53 on Amazon.ca if you really want a paperback copy but the ebook download is free.
Reddit has proposed an effort to get this trending.
️️️️️️️@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross So how does this work, we just go to Amazon and search for "Melania: Devourer of Men" and that's it?
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@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross So how does this work, we just go to Amazon and search for "Melania: Devourer of Men" and that's it?
Searching helps it move up in search results but downloading the free ebook would help even more.
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Searching helps it move up in search results but downloading the free ebook would help even more.
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@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross This would be my first Kindle ebook ever lol
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@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross This would be my first Kindle ebook ever lol
@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross omgwtfbbq
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@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross omgwtfbbq
That did not come up in my ‘other people viewed’ earlier this evening.
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That did not come up in my ‘other people viewed’ earlier this evening.
@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross Somebody out there is taking one for the team
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@AlsoPaisleyCat @503bartley @cstross Somebody out there is taking one for the team
It’s making headlines now!
404 media has the report.
That cover really does look like a great fit for #Monsterdon. Too bad that’s not a movie.
Erotic Parody 'Melania: Devourer of Men' Sales Surge on Amazon Amid Documentary Flop
A Reddit-led protest is trying to push an eight year old erotic thriller to the top of Amazon’s sales charts.
404 Media (www.404media.co)
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OUCH! "It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a documentary, exactly, so much as an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced and ice-cold to the touch"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/melania-review-trump-film-is-a-gilded-trash-remake-of-the-zone-of-interest@cstross I see we've found the one person who bought a ticket
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@Corax42 @UweHalfHand @503bartley @cstross
Currently 2nd on the list!@wriggly @Corax42 @UweHalfHand @503bartley @cstross It is now a number 1 bestseller on amazon de. I think the site is having a stroke and needs help.
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@CurlyParakeet @richrockster @503bartley @cstross @jwz searching from an account that hasn’t looked at it, it comes up second in a search on Amazon for Melania when I checked just now.
@thatKomputerKat @CurlyParakeet @richrockster @503bartley @cstross @jwz am I seeing 12200 actual purchases of the real Melania book? Wtaf.
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@503bartley @cstross oh my fuckin' god look at his other titles XD
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OUCH! "It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a documentary, exactly, so much as an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced and ice-cold to the touch"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/melania-review-trump-film-is-a-gilded-trash-remake-of-the-zone-of-interest@cstross Looks like a script for the Bond villain of our times: vapid, more vapid and carelessly destructive in OTT white and gold.
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This guy is delusional. This was a bribe to curry favour.
"Documentary filmmaker Stefano Da Frè, who was not involved in the project told CNN that Amazon would have done their homework before making that kind of outlay, explaining that Amazon “is a data-driven company.
“With all their tools, all their AI, Amazon Web Services — they didn’t just come up with that number randomly,” he said. “They believe, through their metrics, that it’s worth that amount.”
@elasticsoul
Just to rub it in, I want to contrast that with Michelle Obamas book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becoming_(book)
@JdeBP @arrrg @cstross
