Among other things, the HBO Max discourse is proof that the general public hates filmmakers as much as they hate every other kind of artist.
“I want my ‘content’ and I want it immediately, and if theaters get in the way of that, good riddance.“ — Americans
This thread is not questioning the inevitability of releasing films to streaming during a pandemic. It’s about the American audience being transformed into consumers, and treating art & entertainment as stuff that comes out of a feeding tube & plops directly into their mouths.
If you reflexively side with corporations over artists, I don’t wanna have anything to do with you.
Also repulsive: the phony populism of people who think they are striking a great blow for democracy by destroying theaters and reducing the wages of people who make the entertainment they consume.
Muting this now, because I am starting to get replies from people who never read past the first tweet.
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