AMC Theaters has yet to announce whether or not it will boycott Disney’s upcoming “Alice In Wonderland” movie.
So far Vue Entertainment and Odeon Cinemas in Britain have boycotted the film because the Walt Disney Company has decided to only run the movie for 12 weeks instead of the normal 17.
Yikes! What about the AMC Theaters at Downtown Disney? Can they do that?
“Boycott” is the wrong word. “Embargo” would be better. Boycotts are generally staged by smaller groups trying to make a political statement through organized action and self-deprivation. The Montgomery Bus Boycott would be an example, in which elderly African-American domestics walked miles to work rather than patronize a racist transportation system. Or more recently, gay groups’ boycotting of Cinemark theaters, a chain that funded the anti-gay Proposition 8. But a big greedy corporation punishing theatergoers because they’re mad they can’t suck even more money out of their consumers during a recession does not count as boycott. It is greed and bad behavior, which has the added benefit of creating publicity for both the film and the theater.
wtf