An article this weekend by A.O. Scott at the New York Times and a thread on Twitter by Ted Hope got me riled up. The Scott article is a mélange of consumer and critic judgements about the theatrical experience combined with assertions of how theatrical is seen within the finance of the industry, with almost all of the business assertions either misguided or wholly false.
After thinking on my responses, I moved to my computer. The ground is shifting like it is the ocean and, still, there are things we do know, even as they change monthly, weekly and even daily.
So what do I know on October 18, 2020?
1. I know that Netflix is heading into its sophomore streaming years, even as everyone else in streaming in a large way is either just buying clothes for freshman year (Disney+, Peacock, HBO Max) or is being held back in freshman year (aka, being revamped conceptually after being around… Amazon/Hulu).
What nobody really knows and what no writers I read on the subject seem to seriously consider …
