The Critical Drinker - The End Of The Movie Star
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None of these people are relevant to anyone under 30.
Video killed the radio star, but streaming and podcasts have killed the movie star. A movie is on your screen for a few hours per year.
A streamer is on your screen every day, possibly for more hours in a single day than than a movie star will be on your screen that year. And they talk, or at least appear to talk, directly to you, their viewer.
We're entering a world where movies debut online and are watched at home with little to no investment from from the viewer. The days of 'it needs a face I recognize or I can't be bothered to see it' are over. All but the most talented or unique performers are eventually going to become completely interchangeable and replaceable, because nobody cares about the actor any more.
And the faces are easily replaceable with CGI anyway.
There's a reason voice acting has become suddenly respectable, and it goes beyond "Robin Williams did it."