Movie Enthusiasts: The Bastards Of Harry Knowles And Ain't It Cool News

05/22/22 • 65 min

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How did the culture get to this point, where movies, and to a rapidly growing extent, television, are dominated by pretty much three IPs: Star Wars, Marvel and DC?

It is not as simple as “Marvel movies make money.”

Episode five of the podcast "Downlowd: The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles," explains how it happened. The podcast is written, edited, and narrated by Joe Scott.

How did the culture get to this point, where movies, and to a rapidly growing extent, television, are dominated by pretty much three IPs: Star Wars, Marvel and DC?

It is not as simple as “Marvel movies make money.”

Episode five of the podcast "Downlowd: The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles," explains how it happened. The podcast is written, edited, and narrated by Joe Scott.

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