Long-running sitcom announces a revival with the original cast
Nostalgia is a budget category now.
Still, the conversation has changed. The questions in the room are different from the questions in the room six months ago.
The numbers tell part of the story. The rest lives in the texture of how people are actually behaving when no one is watching.
A small group of practitioners has been arguing for this approach for years. They are doing their best not to look smug.
Critics raise familiar objections, and some of them land. The honest answer is that the tradeoffs are real and worth naming.
What makes this moment unusual is not the size of the move but its shape. The curve bends in a way that resists easy analogies.
Practical effects are already visible on the ground, and they tend to outrun the official analysis by a comfortable margin.
