Sure, that's certainly one part of the equation but it's not all of it. I've already
asked this before but got no answer:
How can America create new classics if it's industry is mostly rehashing the same old content?
I find it weird that so many classics were actually part of the charts back in the days. So I don't think the argument that the truly good stuff is mostly peripherical holds any water. What I'm saying it that not everything gat be reduced to "you're only getting old" or "classics get curated over decades". Entertainment becoming more prolific, easier to produce and a bigger market certainly plays a role in this too.
Maybe movies like Indiana Jones stuck with people because there were fewer movies to compete with so they had more mind space? Maybe churning out more and more products is a sign of a downwards spiral? Like there is so much more to this and just easy dismissal and ridicule, which is why I find that needless hostility so frikkin' bothersome.
For sure, I get that. It's a nuanced topic, too. Yes, the over saturation of products and the means to promote them does have a negative effect on creativity. I'd also say in areas like gaming, the cost of producing a product leads to a decline in visionary freedom, because diminishing returns is a very real threat. Companies don't want products that go against the grain, because the potential that it won't be a hit could negatively impact the bottom line. That's just the way media seems to work, though. Something becomes popular, and gets copied until it's no longer profitable, and people move on to the next thing that has a small amount of ambition behind it, repeating, ad nauseum.
That's why I say in a lot of cases you do have to look to the periphery to find things that worthy of your time. Good things pass under the radar into mainstream, but it takes a level of cunning and understanding of trends and market so great that it may as well be magic. It's rare. The Dark Knight was a stark, cerebral, dark, downer ending character study with great thematic work throughout, for instance, but would any of that had been recognized were it not for it's placement in the Batman universe? Another example is my absolute favorite artist, Trent Reznor. He's released two EPs, three albums and several collaborations under the name Nine Inch Nails since 2017, but the wealth of his recognized work of late comes from scoring films with Atticus Ross. He was a producer on Halsey's new album, and youtube comments from normies are all "this is so dark, the instrumentation is so good, she's really matured as an artist," It's become increasingly difficult for material of substance to keep it's head above the water without using tricks, but subconsciously, people want innovation. The Lil Nas X song that blew up, Old Town Road. People lost their shit over that, but most don't realize that the instrumental is a cut and looped sample of 34 Ghosts IV, a Nine Inch Nails song.
And that's to say nothing of the actual skill it requires to make simple, catchy music. It doesn't require an in depth knowledge of music theory, granted, but it takes a lot of where with it all to analyze and predict trends and what have you.
I *do* think part of the problem is we're getting old, but I also respect and subscribe to some of the things you've brought up, too. On a last note, I really wasn't aiming to be hostile, perse, sarcasm just adds a flavor to my writing. You're welcome to your opinions as is anyone else, and it's an interesting discussion.
strange headache , America is still pretty much the only country that exports it's cultural entertainment on a mass scale and the rest of the world laps it up and enjoys it.
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said... We don't often see what becomes a classic until some years or decades go by. 
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That's the difference between having a good conversation and triggered sh*tposting because you don't agree with something.
