May 12·edited May 12Liked by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick
Love it! I would just add to the celebrity piece that, even in its current state, the block out movement is flawed because it is conditional. If the celebrity "speaks out" then they will be followed again. SMH; celebrity messages are not as effective as people think, especially in our current fragmented state. We need to cut the cord completely. '90s retro style: as soon as new, relatively obscure up and comer faves of ours go major, we scream "Sell out" again.
I forgot to mention this in my piece but John Mulaney's talk show "Everybody's in LA," where he interviews celebrities about LA, literally could not have come out at a worse time. I'm still watching because I'm a comedy geek, but sheesh.
yes exactly!! like...it *is* a well intentioned effort but it also reveals, say, the digitally-oriented or chronically online's fault: it's all momentary action for momentary results. all non-sustatinable! and really does nothing! it's also kinda sorta jarring how people can't, say, commit to something as small as unfollowing someone, deleting an account, etc. it's wild. i also haven't heard this take on the Mulaney show! but true — and that all feels, say, ten minutes (ahem, six years) late.
honestly six was kinda random of a number but there was definitely "a time" where LA and celebrity and Hollywood was truly peaking with big tv and streaming and "all that," which was maybe the highest the industry could have gone — and that started to crash in 2019 and definitely in 2020. we could technically say 2015 was the high, pre-donald trump along with so many entertainment startup items (go90, for example), which also ushered in this collapse. but i do think the six is right, even technically: somewhere around 2018/2019 was the beginning of the end, for sure. maybe *that* was when the vibe shifted and we were just too busy living to notice!
Love it! I would just add to the celebrity piece that, even in its current state, the block out movement is flawed because it is conditional. If the celebrity "speaks out" then they will be followed again. SMH; celebrity messages are not as effective as people think, especially in our current fragmented state. We need to cut the cord completely. '90s retro style: as soon as new, relatively obscure up and comer faves of ours go major, we scream "Sell out" again.
I forgot to mention this in my piece but John Mulaney's talk show "Everybody's in LA," where he interviews celebrities about LA, literally could not have come out at a worse time. I'm still watching because I'm a comedy geek, but sheesh.
yes exactly!! like...it *is* a well intentioned effort but it also reveals, say, the digitally-oriented or chronically online's fault: it's all momentary action for momentary results. all non-sustatinable! and really does nothing! it's also kinda sorta jarring how people can't, say, commit to something as small as unfollowing someone, deleting an account, etc. it's wild. i also haven't heard this take on the Mulaney show! but true — and that all feels, say, ten minutes (ahem, six years) late.
Interesting. Why six years?
honestly six was kinda random of a number but there was definitely "a time" where LA and celebrity and Hollywood was truly peaking with big tv and streaming and "all that," which was maybe the highest the industry could have gone — and that started to crash in 2019 and definitely in 2020. we could technically say 2015 was the high, pre-donald trump along with so many entertainment startup items (go90, for example), which also ushered in this collapse. but i do think the six is right, even technically: somewhere around 2018/2019 was the beginning of the end, for sure. maybe *that* was when the vibe shifted and we were just too busy living to notice!
Oh true. It could have had another year if it was 2018