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ConsistentLog4353 t1_j649q2s wrote

I wish we could collectively agree as a society to stop paying attention to actors and celebrities. It's the most self aggrandizing, overpaid, brainless work a person could hope to do.

These people provide nothing of value to society apart from the brief moment of escapism you experience while watching a movie. They contribute wildly to the increasing expectation of "greatness" and decreasing opportunity society offers to achieve that "greatness"

But they'll sit around patting themselves on the backs for accomplishing nothing of value whatsoever. Despicable.

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PatriarchRandolph t1_j64bzga wrote

While you’re not at all wrong about the over importance placed on celebrity culture as a whole, maybe you should look inward and ask yourself why you’re so bitter about it?

You can distill any art down to sound useless with that lens.

“A painter contributes nothing to society but the brief second of enjoyment while you look at some colors on a canvas”

“A musician contributes nothing to society but 3 minutes of escapism while you enjoy the sounds they made”

Also I don’t really understand one of your last points, in what way are actors “decreasing opportunities for society to offer to achieve greatness?”

People admire artists and a natural consequence of acting is that people are going to recognize you more than they would in a less forward facing medium.

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ConsistentLog4353 t1_j64hnrb wrote

I can assure you any bitterness you're gleaning from my post is entirely in your head. And I simply don't think you truly believe making a major motion picture and creating a painting are at all equatable to each other.

If there were only fifty painters creating art and they were each paid millions upon millions of dollars and the access to paint and brushes were prohibitively expensive and the paintings themselves were sponsored and edited by corporations I would understand your point.

Kids today want fame and celebrity due entirely to the culture of celebrity and wealth worship propagated by the out of touch people in the original video. This life is simply unachievable.

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ZenBowling t1_j654kmh wrote

Your original post does come across as bitter.

It isn't just what you are saying, but how you said it with your word selection. The acting profession is not the end of civilization.

But also to counter, I disagree with some points. Actors and movies dont contribute nothing to society. Some of the stuff they produce is art and is meaningful and helpful to people.

I think often of that line from EEAAO by Ke Huy Quan's character about, in another life, how he would love to do laundry and taxes with Michelle Yoeh's character. It is such a sweet and real concept to keep with me and help me cherish my relationship. It has affected me positively. To me that does have value.

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ConsistentLog4353 t1_j65562w wrote

Again, any bitterness you perceive is in your head.

You really need a bloated movie with millions of dollars in the budget to hear a line that makes you feel fuzzy inside?

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