####The likes of Claude et al live for criticism and arguing about movies.####
They may enjoy debating about whether Fellini is more relevant this year than Bergman, but they don't much care for the common folk offering an opinion on their projects. They think their right to free speech is superior to ours, and that they're above being critiqued by us.
That may be true. Claude & Company have refined their tastes in film to an almost ridiculous degree.
But what I most often read on conservative boards is outrage for a film that hasn't even been released yet, calls for boycotts, and joyful predictions of Hollywood's demise.
BTW -- I've always maintained that the portrayed (not the reality) of the actors' lifestyles was a kind of mirror of the American id -- the seemingly effortless job that pays an obscene amount of money, the giant house in the sun, the beautiful sexually available women, the fancy cars with odd names, the wild parties and a lot of travel.
Right now, because of the media, we're in overdose on that stuff and people are beginning to get sick of it. It's 24/7 on MTV cribs, People magazine, the entertainment show, etc. etc.