Oh. Sorry, I shouldn't have been supercilious.
My summary did capture the main points as I saw them, but my tone was wrong.
A lot of people — particularly on the right — have been expecting/hoping Hollywood would go under for a long time (like, since the '90s if not before).
Their repetitive, derivative content, the constant left-wing agenda, the mind-numbing, wall-to-wall virtue signaling that audiences see through and are bored by, are so annoying that many of us are wondering "how long can they keep this up?"
Yet year after year, they do exactly that.
But recently, with the emergence of decent-quality junk on alternative delivery channels like Netflix and (I guess) Amazon, people have started to think the unthinkable, that Hollywood may be losing its primacy as the preeminent source of movie/video entertainment.
The author buys into this, and cited some examples of what comprises the dynamic that is grinding down Hollywood's granite perch.
I don't really buy it, at least not yet.
I won't buy it until some entertainment appears that smashes the walls of political correctness. A feature-length movie — with high production values and good actors — that honestly depicts the Islamic invasion of the Western democracies, and the feckless sell-outs who are letting it happen.
The plight of an African-American teenager who aspires to academic and career excellence, who has a dream of something bigger than rapping and twerking, and what that teen has to put up with from neighbors, schoolmates, and parent(s). The drugs, the bullying, the negativism. How to meet it, how to defeat it, how to leave it behind.
An honest look at college, poking fun at political correctness, the way my son does about his experiences.
When subject matter like that is covered, I'll believe Hollywood has lost its supremacy.
When I read this part I immediately thought of Fahrenheit 451 and then the author brought up Fahrenheit 451. I was impressed.
What is virtue signaling? I hear this phrase all the time, but don’t know what it is.
Thanks.