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This controversy extends beyond costume design into a broader commentary on Hollywood's and the fashion industry's current trajectory. There’s a sentiment that both realms have stopped trying to innovate and elevate. The original inspired figures like Anna Wintour at Vogue and redefined fashion in cinema, but recent attempts seem to lack the ingenuity that once characterized their best work.
Many lament that in modern Hollywood, progress and originality have given way to safe, uninspired remakes and reboots. It feels, to some, like a cultural refusal to try—and fails—what used to be possible. This sense of stagnation fuels the dissatisfaction with the remake.