Ever notice Hollywood doesn't make creative, adult-oriented films anymore? Sure, there are great. American films for grownups but they tend to be indie.
Wonder why?
Here is one answer by the great writer Matt Stoller:
"Both the Paramount Consent Decrees and the Fin-syn rules were designed
to break creative industries into a three-tiered structure: production,
distribution, and retailing. Producers were prohibited from vertically
integrating into the traditional distribution business. That way, there
are fewer conflicts of interest in the content business; producers had
to create high quality work, and if they didn’t, distributors could
choose to sell someone else’s art. Policy removed power as the
mechanism of competition, and emphasized art."
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