Epoch Times - ‘Reagan’ Producer Mark Joseph Pushes Back on Critics’ Criticism of the Film

Jan. 14, 2026 - Epoch Times

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‘Reagan’ Producer Mark Joseph Pushes Back on Critics’ Criticism of the Film

🔴 WATCH THE FULL EPISODE: https://ept.ms/49iEmRAShow more “We have the greatest gap between critics and film goers of any movie ever made in Hollywood history. … I'm really proud of that. I don't make movies for critics. I make movies for the film goers,” says Mark Joseph, producer of “Reagan.” On Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of the audience gave the film a positive rating but only 18% of critics reviews did the same. Show less
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	I will say, you know, one thing that is not a fair criticism is that we only showed the good stuff.
	I mean, I very purposely put an entire minute of protest scenes of Reagan on all kinds of issues, on AIDS, on, you know, medical issues in terms of, you know, the vaccines that he passed, anti-nuke protests.
	So we went to the band Genesis and we asked, we wanted to get rights to the song Land of Confusion, which is the greatest anti-Reagan song of the era.
	At first, they said no.
	And then we showed them the scene.
	We said, look, guys, you wrote this song to oppose Reagan.
	This is an entire minute of Reagan hatred.
	Your song has finally achieved its purpose.
	Plus, we'll give you 200 grand.
	And they said yes.
	So I love that scene, but I really wanted the viewer to understand Reagan was not universally loved.
	It was about a very sizable chunk of Americans that really strongly disliked him.
	His own daughter joined protest marches against him on the nuclear issue.
	So let's not pretend that everybody loved Reagan.

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I will say, you know, one thing that is not a fair criticism is that we only showed the good stuff.

I mean, I very purposely put an entire minute of protest scenes of Reagan on all kinds of issues, on AIDS, on, you know, medical issues in terms of, you know, the vaccines that he passed, anti-nuke protests.

So we went to the band Genesis and we asked, we wanted to get rights to the song Land of Confusion, which is the greatest anti-Reagan song of the era.

At first, they said no.

And then we showed them the scene.

We said, look, guys, you wrote this song to oppose Reagan.

This is an entire minute of Reagan hatred.

Your song has finally achieved its purpose.

Plus, we'll give you 200 grand.

And they said yes.

So I love that scene, but I really wanted the viewer to understand Reagan was not universally loved.

It was about a very sizable chunk of Americans that really strongly disliked him.

His own daughter joined protest marches against him on the nuclear issue.

So let's not pretend that everybody loved Reagan.