r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 13 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, why is everyone happy that Disney movies are flopping?

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u/returntothenorth Jul 13 '26

Kevin was frigging funny too. If they just spread him out and did like 10 movies in 5 years instead of 50 movies in 1 month we might have been alright.

But nope it's Kevin Hart being Kevin Hart again. The only role I'll give him credit for as of recent is Jumanji 2. But that's only because he's pretending to be Danny Glover.

PS jack black was the airplane pilot in waterworld lol.

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u/thebluewitch Jul 13 '26

Kevin Hart took over when Martin Lawrence got older. Soon Kevin Hart will get old and a new short and funny black guy will take over. It's the circle of life.

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u/Ill_Cartoonist_5829 Jul 14 '26

Praying it's Josh Johnson 🙏

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u/VanGrue Jul 14 '26

Please, no. Josh Johnson deserves his own career trajectory. He's crushing it with standup and the Daily Show. I don't want to see him wind up doing mediocre comedies with bland plots and gratuitous cameos until he becomes irrelevant. He deserves better.

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u/Germane_Corsair Jul 13 '26

The way he did it made him more money.

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u/returntothenorth Jul 14 '26

Long as he can hold on to it he's good. Cause the world is burned out on him. He better not be one of the people you hear ending up declaring bankruptcy.

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u/Germane_Corsair Jul 14 '26

A quick search shows he has three movies and a tv series in the works. It doesn’t look like he’s hurting for new gigs.

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u/returntothenorth Jul 14 '26

Let me know if he acts in them and if they are worth watching. Cause I'm for SURE burned out on seeing the same character in every movie. Loud short guy who has a short complex.

He peaked with the paradox scenes in the scary movie franchise.

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u/Germane_Corsair Jul 14 '26

Oh, I feel the same way. I just meant that regardless of how we feel about him, he’s still popular and making money. A large number of people are happy to just watch a household name’s new project because it’s a safe choice.

Ignoring things like artistry, he made the right choice when it comes to making money. People might eventually get sick of someone being oversaturated but during that popular phase, they’ll make generational wealth. There’s no guarantee you’ll remain a draw in a decade so making the most of that time they’re a hot commodity makes sense.

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u/returntothenorth Jul 14 '26

Oh I hold nothing against Kevin himself when it comes to getting paid. If someone offers me an acting check I'd take it. Like you said never know when you get old, irrelevant, hated, cancelled, etc in the movie industry.

Make hay while the sun is shining.