Jane Fonda breathed new life into Nicole Kidman's iconic AMC Theatres ad with a corporate twist, crafting a parody video that satirized the Warners Bros. Discovery merger. As she walked into a movie theater, mimicking Kidman's beloved monologue from the advert, she said, "Come to this place for mergers. We stream to self-silence. To censor. To slop." She continued, parodying Kidman's iconic line, "Somehow heartbreak feels good in a place like this," and added, "Somehow corporate greed feels good in a place like this. Somehow mergers feel good in a place like this."
At the end of the video, a man entered the theater and kicked her out, exclaiming, "You gotta go. We’re about to knock this whole place down in five minutes!"
Fonda recently shared her opinion on Netflix's $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., stating in a joint post with the Committee for the First Amendment that the deal was "an alarming escalation of the consolidation that threatens the entire entertainment industry, the democratic public it serves, and the First Amendment." She added, "Make no mistake, this is not just a catastrophic business deal that could destroy our creative industry. It is a constitutional crisis exacerbated by the administration’s demonstrated disregard for the law." She concluded by directly addressing the Department of Justice, "We demand that you categorically refrain from using that power to extract political concessions that influence content decisions or chill free speech."
