Saturday, September 28, 2019

Why Hollywood has become a joyless, depressing echo chamber

NY Post

Brad Pitt in "Ad Astra," Demi Moore and Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker"
"When Jennifer Lopez’s infamous interview with Movieline resurfaced on Thursday, I thought: How fun.
"And how different from most of Hollywood now, which is such a joyless place, pushing out joyless products full of dire warnings, safe spaces and moral rectitude.
"Last Sunday’s Emmys were possibly the most boring ever, with ratings at an all-time low. Brad Pitt, one of our last true movie stars, is currently in a somnambulant space epic. His last film, an ostensible ode to Hollywood, revolved around the Manson family.
"We have been warned by nothing less than the United States Army that fall’s next big movie, “Joker,” is probably a clarion call for mass-shooter incels targeting multiplexes.
"And Demi Moore, once the highest-paid actress on the planet, has just published “Inside Out,” her very grim memoir." . . .

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