What's the thread count on this poster?

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This Movie Poster Monday we'll be reviewing "Shame". This week's five points of the poster are:

1) Another one-word movie poster. There seems to be more of these appearing these days, could it be because we're getting closer to Oscar time? Many past one-word movie posters have catapulted the movies they represent to Oscar gold! Is this going to be one of those posters? Only the Academy knows the answer to that question. If anyone has the inside scoop, feel free to drop us an anonymous message here at Movie Poster Monday. We promise to give you a cut of whatever money we get from TMZ.

2) I guess the movie poster set designer is quite the domestic god or goddess because why else would they have chosen to display an unmade bed when he/ she was asked to design a shameful set? "OMG, could anyone imagine a more shameful event than if you had company over to your home and they saw your bed unmade? I would totally die right there!"

3) Letting everyone know that your movie poster has won awards is always a good way to draw attention to it. According to these ashtrays, or Oreos, or whatever they are, the poster has won awards in Toronto, New York, London... Telluride? And, um, some place called Michael Fassbender?

4) Are indentations in the bedding suppose to imply that someone or more than one person was sleeping in this bed? Did the stylists on this shoot simply not want to rough up the bedding themselves and instead decided to poke at it with broomsticks to try to create the "slept-in" effect?

5) Bingo! We have found the mystery behind the place called "Michael Fassbender". Apparently he is one of the stars of the movie poster. So, I guess he gave this movie poster an award? Not sure if a movie poster star giving their own poster an award is the most convincing move. Maybe instead he should have asked his mom to award his movie poster using her maiden name, then at least it would have taken a Google search to discover the trickery. Maybe that's the real shame in this movie poster, the Michael Fassbender Award for the Best Michael Fassbender Movie Poster. 

In conclusion, based on this thorough analysis I predict that "Shame" will gross $2.9 million in its opening weekend.