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The People’s Met: How Protest Movements Clawed Back Jeff Bezos’ Claim on Culture

The Hollywood Reporter·Kevin Dolak·about 1 month ago
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The messages besmirching the wealthiest billionaire in the country began appearing in April across New York. Well, underneath it — as subway advertisements, covertly placed behind the plastic of those square commuter distractions, pitching continuing education or more youthful skin. And while the messenger behind these ads urging a boycott of the 2026 Met Gala may have felt unclear, their message was unmistakable: Jeff Bezos , the billionaire owner of Amazon and various other companies that touch the lives of millions of Americans, is no good. “The Bezos Met Gala : Brought to You by the Company that Powers ICE,” one of the guerrilla ads reads, alluding, dead-eyed, to the 62-year-old’s company’s contract providing cloud computing to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — which, under the Trump administration, has brought detentions up by over 75 percent in one year — or perhaps to Bezos’ cozy affiliation with the president. “The only minority destroying this nation is the super rich,” another ad explains.…

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