I support the writer’s guild strike because they are not part of the bourgeoisie. The same can’t be said of a lot of these rich actors who own a ton of capital themselves. So on the one hand, it kind of seems like the bourgeoisie is fighting the bourgeoisie on this one. On the other hand, not every actor in the guild is as successful as Tom Cruise, so some of those striking actors are working class.
Especially notably the women, the majority of whose value as an actor starts to plummet as soon as the first wrinkle or grey hair appears.
And also worth remembering that despite the fact that 90% of the spotlight is taken up by celebrity actors, the vast majority of actors are far from rich.
They’re all working class (investments, property ownership etc notwithstanding), most of them are not rich, and many of them don’t even have steady employment.
It’s a win for capitalists when working class people treat actors, their fellow workers, like they’re all Gwyneth Paltrow. Just like we shouldn’t treat all musicians like they’re Rhianna.