Overview
- Fonda released the parody on Instagram as a Committee for the First Amendment PSA produced with The Groundlings.
- The narration mocks consolidation with lines about “mergers,” billionaire gatekeepers, and “pre-digested content.”
- A final gag shows her ordered out so the theater can be demolished for a data center, underscoring fears about cultural erosion.
- Fonda argues consolidation would mean fewer jobs, fewer creative risks, fewer news sources, and less diversity of stories.
- The video lands as Netflix pursues WBD for $82.7 billion and Paramount mounts a hostile cash counteroffer, with the outcome hinging on regulatory review.