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But like, you don't get like the new creative minds. At least I don't see them because I think everyone is like, well, why make a screenplay when I can fucking make a TikTok about the one specific joke I want or like a full channel or like like, you know, a YouTube series or like, like, I know it sounds silly, but like, yeah, like there's some of the funniest people are making TikToks and it's like, and it's not. And like, I genuinely think if TikTok was not around, there would be a lot of new movies being made that would be incredibly funny. But like, people are a lot of funny people. I know people want to like talk down a lot of TikTokers, right? But like, and I'm not talking like the popular, the most popular TikTokers. Like, that's not what I'm saying. I'm not saying like the dancers are the ones that are— I'm saying like the niche creatives, I feel like, are focusing on that too.

August 5, 202538:16David
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Jason38:06
Yeah.
David38:06
I'm just like worried that— not worried that this is what's happening is like we get a lot of new actors that are coming. Like there's a new wave of actors. I see.
Jason38:15
Sure.
David38:16
But like, you don't get like the new creative minds. At least I don't see them because I think everyone is like, well, why make a screenplay when I can fucking make a TikTok about the one specific joke I want or like a full channel or like like, you know, a YouTube series or like, like, I know it sounds silly, but like, yeah, like there's some of the funniest people are making TikToks and it's li…
Jason39:02
Funny TikToks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
David39:04
I feel like they're like, well, they can make more and it's— that it's like an actual source of income than like shooting the shit with the film industry for like 10 years and hoping they get their break.
Jason39:14
What's funny is when I see like film people that are on TikTok now and how differently they look at it than when I started doing TikTok, it's fucking insane. It's insane. They're like— and I remember like when I did it, when I started doing like Instagram and…