Inside Hollywood's 'microdrama' machine: NYT Magazine deep dive
jjvincent · x · 2026-10-07
Journalist Daniel Kolitz spent weeks reporting on a Hollywood reoriented around 'microdramas' — short, wildly melodramatic soap operas optimized for phones — published in NYT Magazine. The piece started as one kind of sad story and ended as another, and commenters are sharing standout excerpts.
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