Hollywood’s critique of spectacle now operates from inside the corporate metaverse it critiques

Evidence

The dystopian imaginary in 1999’s The Matrix successfully captured this aspect of capitalist control, that it requires a spectacle within which we gladly immerse ourselves. But could the Wachowskis have predicted their own place in the simulated captivity Hollywood was building? — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 439

Categorization

• QUESTION: Whether a critique of corporate spectacle retains force once produced by the very studios assembling that spectacle is a thread worth chasing.