So many obsess over movies today being flops or slop or numbers, numbers, numbers and forget that a lot of films we regard as classics today were flops in their day or at least performed below expectations to speak executive talk.
Why can’t we separate the art’s quality from how much moolah it racks in?
Because to weirdos like that, numbers are the only thing that matter. Value is determined by monetary worth, so even when something is successful they have to deny that reality. "This thing isn't popular because it would reject my worldview that it's a failure for the reasons I stated." Bigots believe that everyone already agrees with them, that they just don't want to say it out loud, so language like the initial post is an attempt to get people to say that quiet part out loud, make it be more socially acceptable to be a piece of shit. They can't fathom that they actually suck and are the fringe dipshit that nobody likes.
