Don't Give Up

[tracker7]

I'm of two minds regarding the opening weekend box office take for Expelled.  On the one hand, I'm glad that this piece of lousy anti-science propaganda only pulled in $3.1 million.  On the other, that means that close to half-a-million people plunked down time and money for this thing.  I can't see that the movie would draw in anybody who was undecided about ID versus evolution;  I would guess that everyone who went to see it would be either already solidly in one camp or another.

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[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Really? I didn't know about the hired viewers.

[maxsilver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the schools turn in ticket stubs and in return, at least some of them get cash.

This was the original article I read about it:
http://theframeproblem.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/producers-of-expelled-trying-to-bribe-christian-schools-into-forcing-their-students-to-see-their-movie/

It's got a link to the actual site as well.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Wow. Mandatory field trips - and bring the parents, so you can get more of a kickback!