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Seen any good movies lately?
An incisive monologue by the YouTuber known as The Critical Drinker perceptively outlines why Hollywood films are so costly, and more importantly, offers ways to fix an ongoing problem that results in the release of so many flopbusters that can ultimately bankrupt the studios.
In a concise manner, the TikTok video embedded below from Christopher Claflin pretty much says it all about the mostly mediocre fare available across the over-saturated, subscription-based streaming universe including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Disney+ and even as user-generated content on YouTube (even given its censorship regimen) and elsewhere continues to grow in popularity.
Back in December 2019, the blog called attention to the noticeable resurgence in cigarette smoking as portrayed in streaming dramas or theatrical content in a post headlined “Is Hollywood Trying to Make Smoking Great Again?”
Have you noticed that for decades, from mystery/thrillers to dystopian sci-fi, and almost everything in between, Hollywood has designated corporations and corporate execs as the source of villainy in much of its scripted content?
Mank, about adult-beverage-loving Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, a.k.a. Mank, is one of the newer original offerings from Netflix. While movies about Old Hollywood are usually pretty cool, unfortunately this one was boring and self-indulgent. In short, it’s the type of movie that the pretentious critics and compliant functionaries who vote in the Oscars like.
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