They kiss ass to get in (the usual hazing/induction ceremony) but not all of them had to do that; hell, Hollywood is in its 5th generation now. Once in, they marry each other. And then their kids marry each other. And the grandkids marry, say, newscasters/"journalists". Maybe ones who are related to families of politicians. Don't look at the first-gens, or even the Gen-X kids from The Outsiders. Go back to the original Barrymores and Masseys and such and look at family trees ...
This is how you get the beginnings of "nobility", but in this case, Hollywood functions more like an incestuous, cultish new Church, whereas it's the Merchant class that is jockeying to be the new Nobility.
Well, except for the Hollywood family dynasties .. which are also intertwined with political dynasties, and I'm sure, business ones as well.
They kiss ass to get in (the usual hazing/induction ceremony) but not all of them had to do that; hell, Hollywood is in its 5th generation now. Once in, they marry each other. And then their kids marry each other. And the grandkids marry, say, newscasters/"journalists". Maybe ones who are related to families of politicians. Don't look at the first-gens, or even the Gen-X kids from The Outsiders. Go back to the original Barrymores and Masseys and such and look at family trees ...
This is how you get the beginnings of "nobility", but in this case, Hollywood functions more like an incestuous, cultish new Church, whereas it's the Merchant class that is jockeying to be the new Nobility.