It's basically, the rich are squabbling so we can't have nice things or movies or affordable gas or groceries ad nauseum

Mary Gillis

This is a fascinating situation. BARBIE 2 has the potential to make billions, but no one involved *needs* it. Zaslav makes gobs of money no matter what (because of some kind of dark magic?), and all of the talent have great careers and are doing just fine. So no one has any reason to back down.