Why Did Hollywood Abandon "A Pictures" and Transgressive Women?

Since the 1920's, Hollywood has always had a solid balance between two types of movies (and later, TV shows/specials): "A Pictures," which had more emotionally based, character change oriented stories -- which made up approximately 2/3s of their output. The other 1/3 was "tent-poles," which tended toward spectacle and a more male-oriented, scene oriented perspective. For the past 15-25 years, this balance has been upset, with everything increasingly being tent-poles -- with disastrous results. We look at what this means as well as where this could be an opportunity for the next run of creatives.