Are we asking the right questions about remakes, IP and sequels?

I got a good amount of writing done this week, so I promised myself I wouldn't work this weekend. I decided to make a video about this instead. I'm posting this on a few different platforms, so for subscribers, you can skip to 2:28, where I get past the introduction.

In the never ending discussion about remakes, IP and sequels in film, they're really only ever addressed in terms of how they're situated within the industry. There's value in asking the question about how they fit in the broader history of storytelling.