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Amazon pulls 'Melania' documentary from Oregon theater after marquee mocks film
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Amazon pulled the “Melania” documentary from an Oregon movie theater after its marquee featured jokes about the film, including, “Does Melania wear Prada? Find out Friday!” according to reports. Lake Theater and Cafe in Lake Oswego said executives at Amazon were infuriated over the advertisements that also featured “To defeat your enemy.

You must know them. Melania starts Friday,” in a reference to Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,”Amazon pulled the “Melania” documentary from Lake Theater and Cafe in Lake Oswego after its marquee jokes about the film.“Got a call that the higher ups were upset with how our marquee marketed their movie , that, per them, Sunday would be its last day here,” the Lake Theater and CafeAmazon MGM Studios purchased the rights to produce and distribute the film, directed by Brett Ratner, for $40 million in 2025.that the theater received a call from Amazon to have the film pulled over the cheeky marquee. “The studio was not happy and/or did not appreciate my take on marketing their film to our own public,” he told the outlet.Savannah Guthrie's brother-in-law was the last person to see mom Nancy before she vanishedPerry expressed to the outlet that he wasn’t entirely upset by the move to pull the film, noting in the Instagram statement that the theater got “countless emails and voicemails and Google/Yelp reviews , wondering why the hell we had Melania here, or disdaining our disparaging of her.” The marquee was subsequently changed to say “Amazon called. Our marquee made them mad. All “Melania” showings cancelled. Show your support at Whole Foods instead. Join Amazon Prime for Free Two-Day Shipping,” according to a photo posted to social media.The marquee was subsequently changed to say “Amazon called. Our marquee made them mad. All “Melania” showings cancelled. Show your support at Whole Foods instead.”“So, to fill a screen, why not get this inexplicable vanity piece from the current president’s wife?” Perry wrote. “Wouldn’t it be exponentially weirder, to the point of being funny, to show ‘Melania’ here, at your obviously anti-establishment, occasionally troublemaking, neighborhood cinema?” the manager added.The Amazon MGM Studios’ production chronicles the 20 days leading up to the first lady’s return to the White House for President Trump’s second term.Amazon MGM Studios purchased the rights to produce and distribute the film, directed by Brett Ratner, for $40 million in 2025.“If you came to see Melania here and bought an $11 ticket, $5.50 of that would go to Amazon,” Perry continued in the blog post. “We contributed, in all, $196 to the Jeff Bezos Trust Fund this week . Jeff Bezos won’t notice the $196. He wouldn’t notice $1,960, though someone on his team noticed our marquee.”Savannah Guthrie's brother-in-law was the last person to see mom Nancy before she vanished2.1KChris Noth shades Sarah Jessica Parker yet again with savage swipe at ‘Sex and the City’ sequel seriesMinions On Ice: Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate Granted Permission To Perform His ‘Minions’ Ice Skating Routine At 2026 Winter OlympicsThe marquee was subsequently changed to say “Amazon called. Our marquee made them mad. All “Melania” showings cancelled. Show your support at Whole Foods instead."Amazon MGM Studios purchased the rights to produce and distribute the film, directed by Brett Ratner, for $40 million in 2025.

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