About that same time, folks began to realize the power of the mass media, and the credibility that could accrue to the Left's cause if it captured the star du jour as its spokesman. The Hollywood Establishment today is thoroughly leftist, and those who defy its imperatives do so at their own peril. The same is true in the music and art industries.
Liberal actors succeed because they are largely untalented, successful only because the media wholeheartedly supports them. Because they have no real marketable skill, the mannequins know that they have to mouth whatever platitudes the powers feed them, or they're out of a very lucrative, very easy job. Since most have no strong moral convictions and only minimal intelligence, they are perfectly willing to cut a deal with the Devil.