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Entertainment During a Pandemic

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 No one really knows how different entertainment industries are going to recover after the covid 19 pandemic, but it's pretty much certain that eventually, things will go back to normal. The question is though, which industries have suffered the biggest hits? Which ones are just fine and which ones are barely holding on? Hollywood This was going to be another big year for movies especially movies with female leads. We were going to get Wonder Woman, Black Widow, Mulan, and Birds of Prey, but only Birds of Prey got out before the pandemic hit. Meanwhile, all of these companies are pushing their new streaming services which is the only thing keeping Hollywood alive, as theaters were forced to shut down and have struggled to reopen with the rapidly growing cases. People are comfortable doing many activities except go to the movies, even though theaters are cleaner than ever before with new ventilation systems and very strict policies. It's a difficult situation to navigate especia...

Rock Music...Dead?

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     I think I have a pretty good hot take here, modern rap music kind of sucks. I'm there some rap artists that I genuinely love but then there are others that really bother me with their constant objectification of women, and racism (I'm looking at you Lil Yachty). This is why I have not been brainwashed by thinking these people are talented by these "new" trends and traits that modern music tends to have. This is why in my opinion, 2020 was a great year for music. Why? Rock music is making a bit of a comeback with artists like Machine Gun Kelley, Hayley Williams, Beabadoobee, and even Miley Cyrus producing pretty good albums. Even Juice World had a bit of a rock vibe on his latest and sadly last album. However, I appear to be the only person in the world that thinks rock music will be just fine for multiple reasons. It has always evolved over the decades. Rock isn't dead as many people might say, but it justs sounds different than what they're used to. So I...