Why does Hollywood support deviants behavior and 'personal liberation'

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by Malloric

Only reason I'd watch it is Orange is the New Black was good. Obviously for the snowflakes that like to trigger themselves, there's a lot to get triggered there about. It's a show about criminals and the protagonist is an atheist lesbian drug mule. Weeds was okay as well. So obviously there's some talent behind it even if based on the cover it wouldn't appeal to me.

I like criminals being humanized.

Not romanticized for a demographic who are out of their depth.

[Aredhel]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

Then why do they promote so many projects that bleed money?

Because they can't know in advance which movies/TV shows will bleed money and which will be mega-hits. No one knowingly produces a film or television show which they know will underperform.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by Aredhel

Because they can't know in advance which movies/TV shows will bleed money and which will be mega-hits. No one knowingly produces a film or television show which they know will underperform.

Oh they continue to subsidize many films/shows that are bad investments to keep up a public image or appease the producers.

Hollywood is much more complicated than supply/demand.

[KemBro71]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

Oh they continue to subsidize many films/shows that are bad investments to keep up a public image or appease the producers.

Hollywood is much more complicated than supply/demand.

Well you can show them all when your book, which is better than 50% of what's for sale at B&N, comes out.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by KemBro71

Well you can show them all when your book, which is better than 50% of what's for sale at B&N, comes out.

50% of the books on B&N are repetitive filler so its not much of an accomplishment.

[Aredhel]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

Oh they continue to subsidize many films/shows that are bad investments to keep up a public image or appease the producers.

Hollywood is much more complicated than supply/demand.

Nope, it's not. Money is the bottom line. It's quite literally all Hollywood cares about.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by Aredhel

Nope, it's not. Money is the bottom line. It's quite literally all Hollywood cares about.

Why did the networks let Churck Lorre on even after his shows were tanking, going as far as giving him a raise?

Why did JJ Abrams get directorial rights over the Star Wars franchise after he lowered the long term profitability of the franchise?

Why do producers green light a plethora of minority positive content that does not bring in viewers but looks good in their company portfolio?

When an industry gets as connected and old as Hollywood its not just about a quick buck, its about networking, privilege, social payments, and most of all, politics.

People like the Obamas or the royal family are not given multi-million dollar contracts by Netflix regardless of proof of concept because of profit considerations.

Subsidies from internal branches of businesses is one of the driving tools for complex businesses, especially in Silicon Valley (more so than Hollywood).