Hollywood: a bastion for civil liberties, a major driver of the world economy, and a safe space for ungrateful assholes from all around the world! Hollywood has definitely gone to the gutter. With the recent downfall of celebrity darlings like Johnny Depp, Kayne West and even someone as seemingly harmless as Jon Voight, it's starting to look more and more like the whole organization has lost its way, if it ever had one to begin with. 

Despite its supposedly liberal political views, Hollywood has a long history of abuse and mistreatment of employees. But this is nothing new. Physical and mental abuse was common place in Hollywood's golden age. Judy Garland was slapped on set by her director while filming The Wizard of Oz. Stanley Kubrick, director of such hits like Clockwork Orange and The Shinning, would intentionally abuse actors, depriving them of food and water for hours on end, in order to evoke what he considered to be pique performances. There is also the tragically overrated "method" of acting, which does not work in any way, which has driven many of Hollywood's actors to live in filth (Jim Carey walked around with moldy cheese in his pocket while filming "Mon on the Moon"), harm their friends, over or under eat, and harm themselves (Shia LeBouf had his jaw wired shut because of method acting) all to create a realistic performance. But is this realism or is it abuse? Is it art culture or is it just a cult?

 Also, why are movies like Return of the Jedi, which have grossed billions considered flops? Why does no one investigate Hollywood's many tax shelters? Many people slave over these films, yet only a few at the top receive any notoriety. Is that just? What does it teach our children? And, finally, if Hollywood is going to continue to churn out films its fans don't want to see (movie theaters are not closing because of Covid or because of poor editing; they are closing because Americans refuse to pay exorbitant prices for overacting and misleading historical narratives), does Hollywood even deserve to be called entertainment in the 21st century? It may be art, but I certainly don't like it. Turn up your Dolby surround sound for some entertainment that doesn't cost you $60 a pop on More Content Talk!