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Across the Movie Aisle
Why Did 'Lightyear' Bomb?
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Why Did 'Lightyear' Bomb?

Plus: The gang reviews Disney/Pixar's latest.
Sonny Bunch
Jun 21, 2022
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On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) try to figure out why Lightyear dramatically underperformed projections. Is this a function of new customer behavior, the burgeoning culture war Disney finds itself embroiled in, or both? And then the gang reviews Lightyear, which is at…

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