That said, although Inside Out 2 gave Disney a new chance at life, not everyone who worked on the project was happy about it. According to a lengthy article in IGN, many of the people working on the project actually bemoan the film’s success and what it means for the future of Disney. They resent the film putting pressure on employees to produce, maintaining a strict creative hierarchy, and playing it safe on cultural issues.

While somewhat ridiculous in themselves, these objections shed light on the causes for the current decline of mainstream entertainment. This decline is not due to the changing formats brought on by streaming, the challenges in meeting the demands of a global audience, the unwieldy budgets eliminating creative risk-taking, or even the rise of dopamine culture transforming audiences into restless zombies who can’t sit still for a feature-length film. What’s killing Disney and Hollywood in general is the rampant immaturity and laziness of its creative workers.