OKAY, FIRST ITS “CULTURAL POWER” DERIVED FROM MASS MEDIA. SECOND, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ORIGINAL STORYTELLING EXCEPT THE GATEKEEPERS’ LACK OF IMAGINATION AND PERPETUAL SEARCH FOR “GUARANTEED HITS.”  PLENTY OF ORIGINALITY IN INDIE WRITING, AND I BET THAT WHEN INDIE FILMS BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE AND EASIER TO MAKE (AND THEY WILL) THEY TOO WILL BE ORIGINAL:  Original Storytelling Is Losing Its Cultural Power, And That’s Bad For America.