Really good piece by Hollywood journalist @SharonWaxman.bsky.social about Hollywood’s fast dumb panicky herd mentality rush from pre-woke to woke to post-woke. Show business: hysterical in both senses of the word. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
When it comes to art, the artist should do exactly what they desire to do. Anything else is product like a Twinkie.
That’s the difference between art films and Hollywood films. Hollywood films have always been packaged product
I'm not sure a classic Hitchcock film would be considered product but even if it was backed by a big studio I can't imagine they'd be telling the director what he could or couldn't do.
Yeah, I admit my answer was too glib. There always have been directors with enough proven audience to be given more free rein. But this too is a sliding scale.
Granted
Why bother with these lame movies anyway, woke or not woke? Plenty other excellent cinematic fare to be had other than the formulaic drek spewing out of Hollywood. Just a fluff article.
It’s complete horseshit, Jesus Christ