Shopaholic Movie Not Playing So Well in Current Economy

The new movie Shopaholic, about a woman (Isla Fisher) who can't stop spending in expensive boutiques, might not be the light comedy the studio's hoping for, given the fact that the Dow Jones has gone down just like the Titanic if it were Larry Craig in a men's room. The film is based on a book set in the crazy late 90's, proving that once again, comedy is tragedy plus timing… just not that much timing.

ABC News quotes Jerry Bruckheimer on the hilarity: "Credit companies gladly will send you a number of cards, you get into debt, and then they come after you."

By the time Shopaholilc comes out next February, it's possible that things will turn around. Just think, every once in a while, we can break away from our barrel fire and sneak past the killer robot guards at the ultra-high-security movie theater, and pay 500 Chinese yuan to get an illegal view of the film through a peephole before the theater's maint-droids notice a structural deficit and repair it. You might not even see the movie, but a chance to watch the rich and their servants, laughing for them, will be totally worth it.

[Via Hal]