Hollywood has been slowly committing suicide for many years. Lack of new creative energy. Sequel fatigue. Exorbitant actors’ fees. Nosebleed-high production costs. The assembly-line blockbusters that turn into predictable, massive flops. Streaming platforms devaluing the theater experience. Over-privileged half-wits preaching their mindless, compliant Leftist drivel to the masses. Endless regulations. High ticket prices for dirty, loud movie theaters. The brutal California tax regime imposed by the state’s one-party Leftist rulers. Predatory location fees. Closed, expensive unions. The result? Productions moved away, and people finally started hating the people who hate them. It took a little while, but they got there eventually. This is the issue in a nutshell.

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