Evolution of Hollywood Dynamics

<p>What is the point of Hollywood? There are two obvious answers, right? To make good stuff that entertains people. And to make money for the big studios and the people who work for them.</p><p><br></p><p>Those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive.&nbsp;But Daniel Bessner believes increasingly they have been.</p><p><br></p><p>Bessner spent a year working on a deep dive into how Hollywood has evolved for Harper's Magazine. Bessner is also a historian, writer, and host of the podcast "American Prestige".</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:&nbsp;https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</p><p><br></p><p>Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>