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In the past, vaudeville, the Broadway stage, nightclub acts, radio, TV, standup comics, foreign, art and independent films, shows like SNL and In Living Color, rock'n'roll and graphic novels/comic books have all been the "farm teams" from which Hollywood drew and co-opted new talent. Now it's the Internet. The usual gatekeepers will make the selection and the winners will get fame and fortune, while the also-rans will continue to post their videos on the web. It's already happening just this way.

The usual gatekeepers will make the selection and the winners will get fame and fortune, while the also-rans will continue to post their videos on the web. It's already happening just this way.

Yes and no on that. Because yes, there's always winners and losers. But, no to the idea that everything is the same as it was before. It's really not the same as it was before. Prior to the internet, there was really no way to reach an audience to rival the size of a network television audience. And, you really did have to know someone who could get you to see someone who maybe knew someone to get you into someone. But, now, with the internet -- the gatekeepers are really gone. They're the "gate runners" now, because the best they can do is run after the talent that's already getting numbers. The online talent no longer has to find them. The gate-runners will run to who's online.

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The usual gatekeepers will make the selection and the winners will get fame and fortune, while the also-rans will continue to post their videos on the web. It's already happening just this way.

Yes and no on that. Because yes, there's always winners and losers. But, no to the idea that everything is the same as it was before. It's really not the same as it was before. Prior to the internet, there was really no way to reach an audience to rival the size of a network television audience. And, you really did have to know someone who could get you to see someone who maybe knew someone to get you into someone.

But, now, with the internet -- the gatekeepers are really gone. They're the "gate runners" now, because the best they can do is run after the talent that's already getting numbers. The online talent no longer has to find them. The gate-runners will run to who's online.