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L4sBot Jul 22, 2023

Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking

https://lemmy.world/post/1975281

Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking - Lemmy.world

Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking::Inspired by the success of Netflix, Hollywood studios pursued Silicon Valley-style hypergrowth with tactics borrowed from the likes of Uber and Lyft.

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eleitl Jul 22, 2023

Would we even miss something if Hollywood is gone?

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residue2173 Jul 22, 2023

All the committee-made cookie cutter blockbusters we’re all sick of hearing about will be gone.

All the indie movies with genuine heart and passion in them that no one has ever heard of because they don’t have the marketing budget will be fine.

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Refurbished Refurbisher

I hope so, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Can’t say I’m very optimistic given the history of copycatting in Hollywood (and basically every other creative industry)