Taylor Swift prints money at will. Combined revenue for the almost immediately sold-out “Eras Tour” and the film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” released to theaters on Oct. 13, has already grossed over $123.5 million. There’s even speculation that “Eras” could save movie theaters still suffering from the writers’ strike and the aftermath of lockdowns.
This is all well and good, but it doesn’t appear to be Swift’s goal. For in watching “The Eras Tour” movie, the biggest takeaway is that one really should find a way to see her perform live. For all the magic of the big screen, it simply doesn’t do the production — and it was a production, replete with multiple scenery and wardrobe changes — justice.
However, though it’s 100 percent her movie, produced and distributed by Swift herself, which means it’s not exactly an objective presentation, the other noteworthy aspect — and the one that seems to motivate her more than the stacks of cash — is that Swift genuinely appears to love her fans as much as they love her. Even if she’s spinning with “The Eras Tour” movie, there is ample support that this love for her fans is real.
There was the show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, several months ago in which Swift kept things going for three and a half hours despite a biblical amount of rain. There was the girl who missed a concert in 2018 after a severe accident left her in the burn unit. Swift
