The Slow Death of Hollywood
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First, housekeeping. I’m launching a new section of Big called “From the Mailbag,” which are emails from readers. The reason is that I got a bunch of interesting emails from ex-Boeing people after my piece last week on the coming bailout of the company. I’m publishing one of them at the end of this issue. If you have something relevant to say, just email me.
In today’s issue I’m going to write about the radical consolidation of power in Hollywood, which is slowly strangling the capacity to make great commercial art. But first…