“Hollywood is dying. I live here, and I can kind of feel it. It’s all reality shows, youtube, and video games now.”
And you can trace the acceleration of their death throes back to the 2007 writer’s strike. Just as many predicted then, once the entertainment industry found out that the scriptless dreck they used to fill in for scripted shows attracted plenty of audience, they realized they could make more money by sticking with the crapola “shows”. No need to pay for those expensive writers, stars, producers, directors, sets, etc. So there you have it, and that’s where we are today.
What you describe is sort of analogous to what we here at FRee Repbublic do. Ten or fifteen years ago we political junkies had to make do with a handful of conservative magazines and the Sunday talk shows for our fix.
And I suggest our political commentary here is much superior.
Now we have our own meeting places online and can contact and organize with the click of a mouse. The establishment cannot dictate the terms of the debate.
It's pretty appalling, the stuff people watch. All you need is a couple camera men and some people with no class and no shame, and you've got a "reality" show. And people WATCH this! I got rid of my TV years ago, but sometimes I'll be at a friend's house and either catch a glimpse of something she likes (Dexter, Nurse Jackie, Entourage) and just be shuddering inside that this is considered entertainment, or we'll end up watching a cooking channel or a home decorating show...
I'll be pleased if Hollywood folds, I confess. I have a few favorites, but for the most part, I don't like the entire industry. I resent their snobbery.