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>>exitb+(OP)
This is likely being blown way out of proportion. I'm not defending this behavior but the article listed exactly one example: Irish Wish. I'm sure it appeals to a certain audience but it's not what I, personally, would call peak cinema.

My guess is that this guidance was given to a specific writer or person in charge of a specific genre.

>>ryanac+73
Exactly. The one example they use gets a 5.2 on IMDB and 42% on rotten tomatoes.

Not all movies are high art, nor should they be. It’s for a certain audience. We’ve had crappy made-for-TV movies since long before streaming and it hasn’t been the death of cinema.

>>paulgb+B3
42% means that some professional critics considered it “fresh.” That’s scary to me.

>>briand+b7
Who are you to say that is wrong? Everyone has their own preference for what they like to see in art, and one man's preference is no more correct than another.