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The film industry continues to showcase a blatant disregard for successful original properties, opting instead for gender-switches and race swaps that often fall flat. The 2016 Ghostbusters reboot epitomizes this misplaced emphasis. Its failure is often blamed on external factors like Donald Trump, but the truth lies in poor storytelling, lack of chemistry, and a failure to honor source material. Its creator, Paul Feig, even claimed that Trump's opposition doomed the film—a narrative that conveniently deflects responsibility from the film's own shortcomings.