Mike Clarke
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Mike Clarke
While Tubi uses algorithms and personalized recommendations, its offerings feel more thoughtfully chosen, a mix of the familiar and the adventurous; as the TV critic Kaiya Shunyata put it, Tubi “feels very much like you’re choosing what you want to watch; it’s not an algorithm choosing it for you.” It’s a potent reminder of what we used to love... See more
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What's effective is art that inspires people to join organizations and campaigns that are actually able to leverage power.
To make that kind of art—it has to be your primary goal. It can be made, but the aspects that make it effective will be challenged because things have to be cut, and many don't think those things are important.
You have to be
... See moreToday, the top festivals—Cannes, Venice, and their satellites—validate around 40 films per year. These chosen few receive all the attention, distribution, press, and awards. And the rest? Nothing. A grotesque version of the one-percent economy.
The Crisis Isn’t Cinema. It’s the Industry.
If the goal of streamers once seemed to be prioritizing and supporting great series from a diverse group of interesting creators, that goal seems to have shifted from making better shows to just ... making more of them. As viewers, we’re being flattened by a fire hose of programming — and the experience of watching TV feels like a ritual of... See more
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In communism you waited an hour to get into a store, in monopoly capitalism you wait an hour to get out of the store
@patbahn on Twitter April 8, 2024
Say you subscribe to a YouTube channel with very niche videos about the inner workings of ball bearings (or something equally niche). You, the viewer, have a high chance of not seeing any new videos from this channel - even though you subscribe to it - because the content just isn't suited to the YouTube algorithm. Equally, the creator of videos... See more
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“Money is taking the field as an organized power. Which shall rule—wealth or man; which shall lead—money or intellect; who shall fill public stations—educated and patriotic free men, or the feudal serfs of corporate capital?”
From Heather Cox Richardson substack
Why on earth are there no merch tables at film screenings?