Part 11/14:
The influence of the internet accelerates cultural shifts in the West, leading to trends that come and go with unprecedented speed. Such rapid turnover means that Hollywood struggles to produce media that resonates as timeless; instead, projects are often shallow, trend-driven, and discarded once audiences move on. The decline of genre-defining films like disaster movies or action epics exemplifies this transient cycle, where audiences increasingly favor short-lived viral content over lasting cultural artifacts.