By Paul Revoir For The Daily Mail
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Hollywood bible Variety appears to have turned on Harry and Meghan after it ran a piece suggesting the pair’s repeated complaining about the Royal Family had made them a ‘one-trick pony’ which was ‘due for the glue factory’.
An article on the VIP section of the publication’s website said some scepticism was ‘warranted’ as to whether the pair had ‘gone to the well one too many times with their oft-repeated tale of mistreatment at the hands of England’s royal family.’
The piece written by Andrew Wallenstein, the president and chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform, questioned ‘how much more meat could possibly be left on this bone’ particularly after Harry’s book, ‘Spare’, is published early next year.
That book will follow the pair’s infamous Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021 and the recently released six-part Netflix documentary series, both of which turned fire on the royal family.
The article appeared in the Variety Intelligence Platform, the publication has previously been supportive of the couple
Harry and Meghan’s repeated complaints about the Royals have made them a ‘one-trick pony… due for the glue factory’, according to Variety
The article provides an insight into how the Sussexes are being perceived by parts of an industry they have now committed themselves to
The article provides an insight into how they are being perceived by parts of an industry the Sussexes have now committed themselves to.
The Netflix documentary proved to be a hit for the streaming service with nearly 2.5 million people watching the first episode on the day of its launch in the UK.
But Variety’s piece predicted that by the time Harry’s book comes out, people may see that a ‘backlash already starting to grow really accelerates as the couple’s strategically timed disclosures start to come across too carefully choreographed’.
He added that ‘even the dimmest of minds among their fans’ would eventually ‘tire’ of their ‘Oh, woe is us’ routine’ as they ‘play the victim card again and again’.
Wallenstein predicted that by the time Harry’s book is published, many may see that a backlash ‘accelerates as the couple’s strategically timed disclosures’
The article questioned ‘how much more meat could possibly be left on this bone’, after Harry’s book Spare comes out next year
Mr Wallenstein, who even compared the pair to a ‘burlesque act’, wrote that if the pair carried on complaining about being victimised, it risked being seen as a ‘tone-deaf message’ to be giving out from their ‘posh’ estate in California, when there was ‘economic insecurity’ around the world.
In the piece titled, ‘It’s Well Past Time for Harry and Meghan 2.0, he wrote: ‘There can only be so many revelations left to share with the public now that the couple have exiled themselves away from their fractious coexistence with the monarchy.
‘Given that they’ve beaten this horse to death, perhaps this one-trick pony is due for the glue factory.’
He added: ‘Their game plan has always been, Come for the sob story, stay for the high-minded uplift.
‘But that’s a shaky strategy for keeping an audience around that probably doesn’t care about anything either of them has to say that isn’t royal gossip.’
The piece said despite it being said that the pair’s deal with Netflix, said to be worth $100m, would not include a reality show that was ‘exactly’ what their show had been.
Earlier this week it was revealed Harry and Meghan will executive produce an already commissioned show called ‘Live To Lead’, which interviews ‘leaders’ who are ‘committed to making a difference in the world’.
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister and one of the guests, put out a statement saying signed up for the project well before the Sussexes were onboard.
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