Studio collapse opens artist window

When centralized cultural gatekeepers lose control (courts, new media, or regulation), there can be a limited 'window' in which creators, not corporations, set norms and produce unusually innovative work. That window begins with visible institutional failure (the MGM auction is Kling's emblem) and ends when new commercial formulas re‑establish reliable revenue streams. — This helps explain why bursts of high‑quality cultural innovation often follow institutional crises and why reforms or shocks to gatekeepers can have lasting cultural and economic consequences.