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DOA Movie “Klara and the Sun” Director Critics “Sad Lost Souls,” Crows About Audience Loving Film as Number Falls in Real Time

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Taika Waikiki is upset his film “Klara and the Sun” has tanked at the box office.

He blames the critics, who gave it a 26% on Rotten Tomatoes

Waikiki– whose real last name is Cohen — says the audience has saved his movie with a 78% audience rating. Unfortunately, since he posted a graphic with that number, the movie has dropped to 74%.

If he does anymore trashing, see how low the number goes.

I haven’t seen “Klara” because Sony never sent me anything on it. But I did detest “Jojo Rabbit,” which Waikiki/Cohen thought was his “The Producers” but was really an antisemitic screed.

He writes that the critics are “sad lost souls who couldn’t achieve their dreams of becoming artists, and thus settled, and became critics. The same people who also hated Jojo Rabbit”

Hey, that’s me. It’s tough when the Emperor’s new clothes are revealed. Who has time for this right now?

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