Why Does Hollywood Keep Making Villains Sympathetic?

RACIST DOGS

She's an animal lover in the film, despite trained dogs being used to push her mother off a cliff. They show how she gets where she is financially and for fashion, but none of the personality from 101 Dalmatians. There was idle talk from the two Emmas that they'd like to do a Godfather 2-style sequel, showing how the Duchess and Cruella became villains, but Cruella is entirely sympathetic throughout.

There would be something like 30 years for her to become evil, but while she has all the external Cruella identifiers and has some elements of things like her ruthlessness, she's nowhere near her later incarnation.

The film is far from its 'dogs did her wrong, feel bad for her' reputation even though both those things are true. She's not that person yet, but there's another hissable female villain to tide you over beforehand.