The majority of cinema goers are attending not for new perspectives or innovative ways of seeing, but rather simply to reaffirm the ideals and universal truths they already believe. For them the cinema makes everything black and white. Good, evil, and mental illness are all rationalized in order to provide an audience the comfort in knowing that they are "correct" in the way they conduct their lives; marginalizing though it may be. Hollywood cinema, specifically, rejects the shades of grey and general chaos in which life truly exists. In the multiplex every character and action has a clear definition and purpose. This type of art making is akin to ideological advertising. It is the art of comforting the masses.
More formally speaking, Hollywood Cinema presents us with representations of space, time and geography that most closely resembles a view of the world we are most comfortable with seeing. Even in the outer reaches of space, spacial orientation is surprisingly terrestrial. The deception here being that an "accurate" representation of space and time is anything but a true representation of space and time. It is made of bits and pieces of moments (takes) that exist outside the realm of context. When presented with true representations an audience will often describe it as boring, tedious, or at the very least "foreign" to the cinematic experience.
It is this formal and ideological deception that is the poison of cultural advancement. If our art is simply confirming our preexisting beliefs and placating our citizens then we cease to ask questions. Similar to a company that monopolizes a given market, the multiplex has an ideological monopoly over the cultural lexicon; and, as with any monopoly the lack of a contradicting viewpoint results in a stasis.
