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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Amazon blocks local theater from playing Melania after ‘disparaging’ marquee jokes

Amazon has reportedly demanded that a local Oregon movie theater pull screenings of its documentary Melania after the establishment made a series of jokes about its controversial subject, the First Lady.

Ahead of the movie’s recent global release, the Lake Theater & Café in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, lightheartedly promoted the title on its marquee, saying: “Does Melania wear Prada? Find out Friday!” and “To defeat your enemy. You must know them. Melania.”

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