Bear Ribs
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Hollywood has serious, serious nepotism and favoritism issues. This isn't as apparent as it might be because Hollywood also has a huge tradition of stage names and pseudonyms which is partially obscuring just how many of the big names are either directly related to or BFFs of other big names.This is worse. It sounds like...a Mary Sue self insert.
Why the fuck can't these people create new characters?
In a normal free market or business world this usually results in the business being run into the ground and replaced by an actual competent competitor, that's why family fortunes last an average of three generations before a wastrel grandspawn manages to piss away what their grandparent built. However Hollywood has beyond the impossible levels of regulatory capture, the big studios are very much an oligopoly/cartel that cooperate to keep competition down, and they have the full support of the political class so long as they produce the right propaganda.
This is one of the reasons independent films are so revered, to the extent that "Indie filmmaker" is considered an automatic positive check mark for most film enthusiasts.