How Hollywood Confuses Attention With Authority

A man routinely walks out on a balcony because the people below keep clapping. Before too long, he began to believe applause meant wisdom.

That’s been Hollywood the past few decades, mistaking their noise and attention for authority.

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The Celebrity Microphone Problem

Combine a microphone and a famous face, and you’ll get an opinion, polished by confidence living in their bubble instead of experience.

An actor’s career is spent memorizing lines written by others; in other words, other people write the words that come out of their mouths.

It’s hard to pinpoint the exact beginning of this trend, but the habit hardened during the tenure of President George W. Bush, when red carpet outrage became a shortcut to relevance.