Will the Mighty Blockbuster Fail and the People Be Saved?
http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/will_the_mighty_blockbuster_fail_and_the_people_be_saved_20140518 Posted on May 18, 2014 Photo by galactic.supermarket (CC BY 2.0) As “Godzilla” storms the box office this weekend, observers note that the entertainment industry’s lust for high profits via mega-hits is narrowing the number and kinds of stories told and amplifying conformity among the public, Jennifer Rankin reports at The Guardian. In the book “Blockbusters,” published by Harvard University Press, author Anita Eberse writes that 70 percent of Warner Bros.’ 2010 revenue came from its four most expensive films—“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I” (budget $250 million), “Inception” ($175 million), “Clash of the Titans” ($125 million) and “Sex and the City” ($100 million). “The entertainment industry is moving more towards a winner-take-all-market,” Rankin quotes Eberse as writing. Rankin points out that th...