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1. genera+Ag2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 16:17:36
>>tortil+(OP)
Not really surprising, this is just confirmation of what's been apparent for a while - Audience score is an accurate estimate of the movie, and the tomatometer (the critic score) basically just reflects the political correctness / marketing budget of the movie.
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2. munk-a+jq2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 16:53:32
>>genera+Ag2
I think your statement is quite a bit more correct if you just remove the "political correctness" option. Critic scores are based on marketing budgets - award shows in particular are funded by immense amounts of prestige lobbying.
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3. baryph+qu2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 17:09:31
>>munk-a+jq2
I'm not sure I agree, but it would be worth studying empirically. The film Strange World, for instance, bombed, but has a 72% on RT and is certainly politically correct. It was quite poorly marketed.[0] While studios aren't in the habit of sharing marketing budgets, we can safely say the marketing expenditure was low.

This is a single datapoint, but my hypothesis is that political correctness does indeed account for a measurable (beyond noise) portion of a RT score. Marketing spend probably matters more, and genuinely excellent non-PC films (say, Oppenheimer) can succeed without PC, but PC does contribute.

[0]https://fandomwire.com/theyve-been-barely-advertising-it-unt...

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4. ryandr+BC2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 17:39:35
>>baryph+qu2
What even makes one movie politically correct and another one not? The phrase has been watered down to the point where I think it now just means "vaguely liked by one political team and disliked by the other." So instead of using a meaningless euphemism, OP should articulate what exact themes, stories, or characters they think lead to a good critic score?
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5. Walter+6N2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 18:19:12
>>ryandr+BC2
The rules are even codified:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/osca...

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