Lucky you put “in the 80s” in there, else I’d have thought you were talking about Eric Clapton. 

We can remember back to before he was a racist Tory douchebag though... “In his early career he fronted one of the most important bands to come out of England in the 80's... Then died a sad old racist fuck.”

I missed it - what exactly did he do to help her?

I think the lesson the media should take from this is, when Morrissey dies it will still be OK to call him a prick.

How is that crass?

Not really, he’s just being Morrissey - twisting Sinead O’Connor’s death to fit his preferred narrative so he can lambaste the media for doing the same. “Her eyes finally closed in search of a soul she could call her own” is exactly how a twat like Morrissey would romanticize a person’s sad death.

And followed it with the worst point.

He actually wrote “Cancer Culture”. Was that a typo, one of those clever right-winger puns like “DemonCraps” and “OBummer” and “lamestream” (my God, he actually dug that Limbaugh-era classic up for this), or something else entirely?

No. He isn’t. Because it’s the most cynical thing he can do is ride on her death to elevate his own bullshit grievances about “cancel culture.”

Stopped clocks and all that...

There’s a quote from the article which might help you be less confused:

except the front row is the cheapest seat in the house

I didn’t realize movie theaters were bursting at the seams with so much attendance that charging a premium on seating location was expected to have been a business decision slam dunk.

I was confused too, I thought my brain is just slowing down. If upcharging and discounting seats makes absolutely no difference to the consumer, why not do it and get the extra money? Granted, I’m glad they aren’t doing it, but it sounds like it would have worked for them.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amc-theater-chain-spending-600m-717027/

As if I didn’t need another reason to not return to the theaters. You would think with all of the competition from streaming and other sources, that AMC would get the memo not to turn people away.

Even if theres something that I really want to see, just the slightest speed bump like this will send me back to pirating on my Fire Stick.

I guess the question is, do the tickets cost the same as before all these shenanigans, or are tickets priced at what the upcharge rate was?

An alleged picture of the moment was captured after the report was published...

Thats a pretty dubious headline given the investigation explicitly says he didn’t do any of the manipulation personally.