How many geeks in High School did you laugh at?
Now we're getting to it. After reading all of the schadenfreude-glee I see on this thread, I began to wonder what was driving it. With some it's about idealogy and with the uh, less attractive among us, it's about envy and getting even.
Which is the central point for the lack of male sympathy for the plight of aging actresses on this thread
The actresses in question are perceived as belonging to a class of women who considered themselves royalty because of their beauty, and now are upset that they have been deposed by younger usurpers. Meanwhile, the peasants who were beneath the ex-royalty's notice laugh.