An underrated point in this piece: the decline of Hollywood is also a decline in American soft power. The United States obtained Total Cultural Victory in the last century by creating the infrastructure people like the Ellisons are hellbent on destroying.
Alvaro M. BedoyaPeople think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...