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I think those are a bunch of straw man arguments that don’t really have anything to do with why the Chan films haven’t gotten more lavish releases.
Generally speaking, studios spent mini fortunes on DVD releases like the Fox Chan sets only to discover, after all the work had been done and money spent, that the market for people purchasing classic movies and television on disc was not as robust as they believed.
Even more generally speaking, very few pieces of art and entertainment endure beyond the period they were made in. As any piece of art becomes less culturally relevant, it fades away in the public consciousness. There are always a handful of things that survive and remain ever popular out of their times, whether it’s a Mozart symphony or It’s A Wonderful Life. For every Shakespeare, there are thousands upon thousands of plays that were once popular but are no longer staged. But the majority of the public is most interested in and always has been most interested in what’s contemporary to them. And I truly believe that always has been and always will be the greater force in explaining why once popular things no longer are.
You could run Charlie Chan 24/7 on Fox, TCM and Disney+, and none of that will have any bearing on the fact that a 2019 audience is more interested in 2019 content.
Generally speaking, studios spent mini fortunes on DVD releases like the Fox Chan sets only to discover, after all the work had been done and money spent, that the market for people purchasing classic movies and television on disc was not as robust as they believed.
Even more generally speaking, very few pieces of art and entertainment endure beyond the period they were made in. As any piece of art becomes less culturally relevant, it fades away in the public consciousness. There are always a handful of things that survive and remain ever popular out of their times, whether it’s a Mozart symphony or It’s A Wonderful Life. For every Shakespeare, there are thousands upon thousands of plays that were once popular but are no longer staged. But the majority of the public is most interested in and always has been most interested in what’s contemporary to them. And I truly believe that always has been and always will be the greater force in explaining why once popular things no longer are.
You could run Charlie Chan 24/7 on Fox, TCM and Disney+, and none of that will have any bearing on the fact that a 2019 audience is more interested in 2019 content.