This week, Hollywood’s communal revolving nervous breakdown settled its apocalypse-obsessed fury on its knight-in-shining-armor of five minutes ago, David Zaslav.
The inciting incident of this chapter in our serial meltdown was Warner Discovery’s unprecedented, norm-defying decision not to release a completed Batgirl film. Also, upcoming layoffs of perhaps thousands of studio employees.
But mostly Batgirl.
I come not to bury Zaslav, nor to praise him. But to ask from whence comes such a freakout? Against one who was heralded as Hollywood’s savior not… a second ago?
When we talk about David Zaslav, we’re really talking about ourselves. So let’s have a look in the mirror and break down the takeaways.
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