Streaming abundance replaces complex plotting with ambient atmospherics

Evidence

Where the era of prestige TV was distinguished by its complex plotting and requisite high degree of attention, streaming’s abundance conduces not only to the passive, “ambient” wallpapering of highly atmospheric, uneventful shows like Emily in Paris, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Hollywood but also to the outright liquefaction of plot. — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 227

Categorization

• XREF: Provides concrete named examples (Emily in Paris, Mrs. Maisel) for identifying immediacy features in real works, a stated reader need.
• ADDENDUM: Complements ‘Grafting & Growth’ style arguments that infrastructural conditions shape cultural form — here stream infrastructure shapes narrative form.