Is "It Ends with Us" a Sign That Hollywood Is Starting to Pay Attention to Its Most Loyal Audience?

The surprising/unsurprising success of "It Ends with Us" has made pundits and YouTubers wonder if the benighted "chick flick" may be making a comeback. Comeback? It should never have gone away. In this episode, we review some facts about audience flow and the importance of emotionally, character, and story-driven "A" pictures compared to more male-skewing "tentpoles." In the process, we not only examine Hollywood today, but look at the importance, from a business standpoint, of the transgressive talents of the past including Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and many more.