Posted on 09/16/2021 2:32:10 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Australia was once a magnet for Hollywood filmmakers hoping to escape America's Covid crisis.
But the country's filmmaking Golden Age has come to an end, as productions jump ship due to Australia's strict lockdowns and border closures.
According to industry bible Variety, Australia's appeal has 'waned' among Hollywood producers in recent months due to the country's low vaccination rate and the uncontrollable spread of the Delta variant.
While filming is technically considered 'essential work' in Australia, many productions have struggled to navigate complicated health regulations and border closures.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That should have been a giant red flag to the people of Australia right there. If COVID is such a serious problem that the entire country has to be locked down and people are expected to surrender their freedom, then there’s no damn good reason for anyone to be permitted to do anything as unnecessary and inconsequential as the filming of a stupid movie.
Right after, “Buttman & Throbbin’”.
Perhaps that was the plan, all along.
I lived in Victoria for 20 years!!! So glad I don’t live there now. If you call that living.
I was thinking the same thing.
LOL
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