this is such an incredible thread on why a lot of entertainment journalism looks the way it does. If a system incentivises mediocrity with the complicity of stars and their makers, mediocrity is what you’ll get.
https://twitter.com/subhajrao/status/1351778916663324681
on a side note, the censorship-of-streaming debate is ironic given how much OTTs love inflicting the same when it comes to journalists asking Qs. And these are folks we imagined to be different than legacy Bollywood. Bottom line is simple: everyone wants to control the narrative.
A major actor was told not to “bring politics in” while promoting their recent new show. They promptly told the platform that they’ll not dodge a question if a Qs about politics came up 👏🏼
This is obviously not to say that one won’t fight the influx of censorship on the web. Even if it’s a show as mortifying as #Tandav we ought to fight for its right to exist in the form and manner that it was envisaged and not give into the diktats of the Sangh parivaar. KBye.
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