{"id":32668,"date":"2022-06-01T21:41:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-mccain-top-gun-maverick-is-yet-another-wake-up-call-to-woke-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T21:41:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:41:07","slug":"meghan-mccain-top-gun-maverick-is-yet-another-wake-up-call-to-woke-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-mccain-top-gun-maverick-is-yet-another-wake-up-call-to-woke-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"MEGHAN MCCAIN: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is yet another wake-up call to WOKE Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My husband and I were just two people out of scores of Americans, who rushed to the movie theaters this past Memorial Day weekend to see ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’<\/p>\n
The sequel to the epic 1986 original, starring Tom Cruise, shattered box office records, making an estimated $ 156 million domestically over its four-day opening weekend.<\/p>\n
It was also Cruise’s first $ 100-million-plus opening over the course of his entire career.<\/p>\n
Ben and I got a babysitter, pre-paid tickets, and bought the collectible metal popcorn bucket.<\/p>\n
It was the first time since before Covid hit that I was looking forward to going out to see a movie\u2013 and I’m sure that thousands of other Americans felt the same way.<\/p>\n
The question is: why? Why did so many people go out to see this film and not any other Hollywood offering?<\/p>\n
The first part of the answer is obvious – ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is the sequel to a universally beloved film that garnered incredible reviews and is considered by many to be as good, if not better, than the original.<\/p>\n
The second part of the answer is more complicated.<\/p>\n
Maybe the more apt question is why has it taken modern Hollywood so long to realize how to make a successful movie?<\/p>\n