I believe it's because they help to fill a vacuum. The spiritual vacuum which exists in so many people today.
I think most of your post is bunk. I think it is the 'fantasy' life that sought. Most people work hard, long hours and not always for lots of pay. Some don't make enough to enjoy taking vacations.
IMO, most people are not 'idolizing' actors/actresses. They may enjoy watching certain actors/actresses in their films/shows, allowing themsevles to escape away into fantasy, briefly, before hitting the salt mines in the real work a day world.
You don't have to be 'spiritually deprived' to appreciate an actor/actresses talent.
" IMO, most people are not 'idolizing' actors/actresses. They may enjoy watching certain actors/actresses in their films/shows, allowing themsevles to escape away into fantasy, briefly, before hitting the salt mines in the real work a day world. "
But most are idolizing them when they fantasize briefly or fixate about them, their lives, their careers, etc.
"You don't have to be 'spiritually deprived' to appreciate an actor/actresses talent."
That's true but we all know too many youth are fed a slow and methodical drip of the glitz n glam factory like heroin to junkies. They are a specifically TARGETED market group who are raised on "entertainment".
You don't have to be 'spiritually deprived' to appreciate an actor/actresses talent. "Beg to differ" Most of the Magnificent Talents in the Entertainment Industry are DEAD or have stopped acting for the most part...
Laurence Olivier, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Katherine Hebpurn, Joan Crawford Betty Davis....
What we have today is "Novelty Acts" you don't have to have any talent with "High Tech Special Effects"
What movies do the best? Raw Talent or Special Effects?
SHREK 2 should give you the answer...
People do idololize today's stars because they realize they too proably have no talent and if they look cute enough or trashy enough they might be the next Brittney Spears or Eniem...(Whatever his goofy name is)
Hollywood is not what it started out any longer, frankly it's a Major Bore, why do you think the Computer and Internet Industry does so darn well...)