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Can Hollywood's stamp of artistic excellence still be trusted?
Critics, who were once joyless automatons thriving on takedowns of human creativity, now bask in this golden age of moviemaking, lavishing praise upon the timeless artistry of The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. On a year-to-year basis, critic and audience scores moved in tandem, demonstrating a stable correlation until 2016, when a sharp divergence emerged—just as the average Tomatometer rating began to climb. If I were the owner of a movie-ticketing app or a sicko-utilitarian like Sam Bankman-Fried, I'd argue the ends justify the means: the average score goes up, more movies are deemed "fresh," people go to theaters, and cinema lives to fight another day.
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