"I don't really think that like you're bad if you watch trailers, although the entire internet has become convinced of that since the piece came out," he says. "We are well looking at our rights to complain about the trailers we're given if we feel like they're selling us a false bill of goods." The director does not make the trailer; studio executives decide what goes into it.
Movie trailers are misleading audiences. Vox’s Alissa Wilkinson says you should stop watching them.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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