Author Topic: Melissa Joan Hart's Epic Fail of a Kickstarter  (Read 1842 times)

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Melissa Joan Hart's Epic Fail of a Kickstarter
« on: May 17, 2013, 12:34:42 AM »
Following the successes of the "Veronica Mars" team's and Zach Braff's Kickstarter campaigns, Melissa Joan Hart (best known as Sabrina of Sabrina the Teenage Witch), in an attempt to revive her acting career, turned to Kickstarter to fund a movie project called "Darci's Walk of Shame".  I'll let her describe it:

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Darci?s Walk of Shame

Darci Baker is a thirty-something schoolteacher who?s really looking forward to traveling with her boyfriend to attend her sister?s wedding in Thailand. Except for the fact that she?s just been informed that budget cuts are likely to make her an ex-schoolteacher. And on her way to the airport, she happens to catch her boyfriend in bed with their travel agent, which instantly makes him her ex-boyfriend.

So now Darci Baker is a thirty-something ex-schoolteacher, with an ex-boyfriend, who?s not really looking forward to traveling alone to attend her sister?s wedding in Thailand.

The whole plot description goes on for much, much longer.  The Kickstarter began April 11th with a goal of $2 million in 45 days. You can find it here.
With about two weeks remaining in the campaign it netted a grand total of... just under $52k.  At that point, she pulled the plug.

Ouch.  It appears virtually no one was interested in investing in a Chick-Flick with a nearly 40 y.o. star who hasn't had a leading role in a movie since 1999.

And, of course, we all can have a good laugh at this debacle.