The LGBT boycott of Plano-based Cinemark over CEO Alan Stock’s $10,000 contribution in support of Prop 8 appears to be gaining steam. The Bay Area Reporter, the LGBT paper in San Francisco, published an extensive article about the boycott last week, and The New York Times touched on the issue in this article published on Saturday. As the Times article notes, the boycott coincides with the release of “Milk,” which reportedly is scheduled to show in some theaters owned by Cinemark. In response, activists have launched a Web site, No Milk For Cinemark, urging people to see the film at gay-friendly theaters. Incidentally, “Milk” is scheduled to open in Dallas on Wednesday at the Angelika (not a Cinemark theater), but there’s no word on whether it will be showing at CInemark theaters locally when it opens in wider release. For more on the Cinemark situation, see Friday’s Dallas Voice.
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With the economy so f*cked up, thanks to a soon to be Bluffview resident, it is easy to boycott any business, publication, or product that supports such hate.
Good point, but apparently Cinemark isn’t doing too badly. This is from the Bay Area Reporter’s story:
“While the LGBT communiity may be angry with Stock, Cinemark’s shareholders, to whom Stock answers, might not be. According to the November 10 issue of the Dallas Business Journal, Cinemark’s third quarter profits exceeded expectations by 2 cents per share, with revenues up 1 percent from the previous quarter, hitting $476.2 million dollars. The company attributed the increased revenue to increased ticket prices and a 5.4 percent increase in concession sales.”
I guess people are trying to eat their misery away.