[GOPJ]

The #MeToo scandals tore a swath through the industry leaving major holes in CBS (Les Moonves, 60 Minutes exec producer Jeff Fager, Charlie Rose, Rick Najera), NBC (Matt Lauer, Tom Brokaw, Mark Halperin), NPR (Michael Oreskes, head of news, David Sweeney, chief news editor), not to mention scandals involving the head of Amazon studios, the chief creative officer for Walt Disney Animation, Bill Cosby, Paul Haggis, Morgan Freeman, Russell Simmons, Tavis Smiley, Louie C.K., Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Tambor, James Franco, Casey Affleck, and an endless legion of other big industry names. None of that was worth a movie. The only #MeToo stories Hollywood will tell are about Republicans.

Nailed.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

People act like only Hollywood can make movies. Write a script. Raise money. Hire a director, actors, and all the others. Find distribution. Release to DVD, streaming platforms, whatever. People would rather wring their hands that a certain group of businesses won’t make content they want instead of going out and making it themselves. If it’s good, the audience will find it.