What's Wrong with Hollywood?

In the fifth episode of What's Wrong with Hollywood , I speak to actress, writer, director and web series creator Regina Hoyles, who recently launched the YouTube series, Gina Gina , the web series Naps , and the award-winning short film Adullam and was a writer on Disney’s Hey, AJ . As a performer, she has appeared on The Chi , The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and 9-1-1: Lonestar . In our full conversat...

In the fourth episode of What's Wrong with Hollywood , I speak to multi-hyphenate filmmaker Todd A. Jackson, who co-founded QuickFlick TV and is producing / editing / starring in a new web series Unrequited, which can be found on the Penjot Media Group YouTube page. In our full conversation, we cover: 🎭 Hollywood's creative brain drain - Why the industry is no longer run by creatives but by tech...

In Episode 3 of What's Wrong with Hollywood , I sit down with filmmaker and creative development professional Ellis Jamal Sutton, who also writes the Substack newsletter Notes from the Studio . In our full conversation, we cover: 🎬 The Hollywood innovation crisis - Why the current system isn't built to foster creativity and new voices, keeping the same writers, directors, and IP projects on repea...

In Episode 2 of What's Wrong with Hollywood , I sit down with Entertainment Attorney and Emmy Award-winning Producer Sam Widdoes, who also writes the Substack newsletter Widdoespeak . In our full conversation, we cover: ⚖️ The rap lyrics as evidence crisis - How prosecutors use artists' creative work against them in criminal trials, and why this represents a massive intersection of art, law, and r...

In this inaugural episode of What's Wrong with Hollywood, I sit down with filmmaker Alex Rollins Berg, an award-winning writer-director, NYU Tisch professor, and writer of the Substack newsletter Underexposed. In our full conversation, we cover: 🎭 Why "humanize don't moralize" - How being preachy and didactic in storytelling alienates audiences who are already allergic to message-driven content...