Interesting, thoughtful movies are certainly still being made (see Evil Does Not Exist, Kinds of Kindness, I Like Movies, etc).

We always had cinematic junk food. This is just extra on-the-nose.

This makes me wonder if Seinfeld is genuinely trying to see how wide-openly cynical he can be about filmmaking and audiences. It’s like learning that a million people can be entertained having keys jingled at them. It’s equal parts depressing and enticing to try it and see if it actually works.