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Jerry Seinfeld says Hollywood has lost relevance as movies no longer 'occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did'


The comic-actor, 69, mused on what he felt was a lost relevance in Hollywood amid a lessened impact with its current slate of silver screen offerings.

He is joined in the period piece by a number of stars, including Amy Schumer, Christian Slater, Hugh Grant, Sarah Cooper, Peter Dinklage, Jim Gaffigan, Fred Armisen, Bill Burr and Melissa McCarthy, among others. One user said that while they 'adore' Jerry Seinfeld, his take on contemporary cinema 'is so wrong,' the summer blockbuster Barbie 'alone kills this argument stone dead.' 'When you have business suits and middle men over saturating the industry, making the budgets overblown, never taking risks and only doing rehash of old IP...what you expect was gonna happen?'

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