Read This: Chris Gethard explains how algorithms killed comedy's middle class

The last five years have been a reckoning for Hollywood. As the industry continues to consolidate into fewer and fewer studios, it’s also placed more undue burden on younger artists, the ones who should be replenishing the ecosystem with new ideas, styles, and sensibilities. What happened to all the movie stars? Why are there no more comedies? Where are the blockbusters? The so-called “democratization of art” of the smartphone and digital media revolutions was supposed to give new voices a chance to compete.