You're kidding, right?
I'll quote Laura Ingraham:
Elite is a state of mind. It doesn't mean working in a particular profession, living in a special place, or making a certain amount of money. When I talk about the elite in New York and Hollywood I'm talking about people who believe that America's traditional values are a thing of the past. The part of America outside their orbit is considered ignorable, merely fly-over country.
Actually I wasn't kidding. What some people on this board call "Hollywood elite" are actually some of the most scared and timid people you would ever hope to meet. They're in a profession that is not only fickle, but in which you get to make very, very mistakes.
On the other hand, I would say -- from my limited experience -- that many in Hollywood have either an inflated idea regarding the salt of the earth nobility of flyover country folks or harbor the petty ugliness of a superior attitude that comes from growing up among the country club set in flyover country.