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It already is. Celebrity is being democratized by greater competition. Now there are Instagram models, youtubers, streamers, etc, all taking market share from conventional celebrities.

But then that's not a critique of acting as a profession, but what a category of actors do when not acting. Does it apply to Bollywood though? The question is whether acting is immoral, not Hollywood.

But they can't attach importance to their work by themselves. It's other people that validate this work by purchasing it and funding it. I don't see why you are blaming them for being successful. All of this only applies to Hollywood, not acting as a profession.

This isn't something unique to Hollywood, but instead endemic in systems where the members value the organization over the individual. This includes Hollywood, the Catholic Church, the Military, etc. The reason why it broke open in Hollywood is that Hollywood is a comparatively weak...

If I recall correctly, in the past there was actually a huge question in Europe about whether writing fiction was sinful, but I forget when. Basically, writing fiction itself is lying, and lying was sinful. Further, written fiction does much of the same things you accuse film of doing (emotional...