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The entertainment industry has become a bank. Studios don't ask, "Is this story beautiful?" They ask, "Does this IP have a pre-existing fan base?" It’s safer to reboot Daredevil for the third time than to take a chance on a new superhero. It’s less risky to stretch a 90-minute movie into an 8-hour slog of a limited series than to let a director cook up a fresh idea. Here is the dangerous part: The content isn't bad .

We are living in the era of the 7/10. Everything is "fine." The acting is competent, the CGI is shiny, the dialogue is quippy. But it’s forgettable. You watch it, you nod, and two days later you can’t remember the main character’s name. IHaveAWife.24.06.16.Ava.Addams.REMASTERED.XXX.1...

So, give yourself permission to be bored. Turn off the "mid" show that you don't really care about. Watch that weird foreign film. Listen to that experimental podcast. Play that indie game with the janky graphics. The entertainment industry has become a bank

We are drowning in content, yet dying of thirst for originality. I was scrolling through my streaming queue last night—past the third Knives Out sequel, the live-action remake of a cartoon I watched in 2002, and the prequel series to a movie that came out ten years ago—when it hit me: We aren't making art anymore. We are making inventory. Here is the dangerous part: The content isn't bad

Having access to 10,000 movies means you watch none of them. Pick two streamers. If you run out of stuff to watch, turn the TV off. Go read a book. The scarcity will force you to choose better.