I really think Hollywood as we knew it, is gone — it was already on the brink before the pandemic hit, with too many other options,

it’s just now the pandemic had forced people into new habits, into new normal —

What’s important though — and what this article failed to point out — is that these smaller, more intimate stories are still being told –> they’re just being told in new formats — like Netflix, YouTube, instragram, Tik Tok —

We forget that film is a medium birthed by technological innovation, and technological innovation is guiding us into new directions.

It doesn’t make one bad or worse, storytelling through technological innovation means fusing our happily ever afters through the new —

While my heart aches and bleeds for the Hollywood of the big screens,

I admit it’s also because I’m a sentimentalist; a creature in love with habit,

But as a communicator and sharer of the human experience through technology,

we must continue to embrace and infuse with the new…

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Quiet Awards Season Has Hollywood Uneasy

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/business/media/hollywood-golden-globes-oscars.html