> This is the type of thing that requires government action. Without it this story will repeat many times, it’s Hollywood now, tomorrow it’ll be music artists, video game sound artists etc.

I don't think this is a thing that government can solve. The technology is world wide now, passing a law doesn't stop it. If you can hire an amazing acrobat from anywhere in the world and morph any actor from anywhere in the world as input, nothing stops you.

I do think that there's some kind of "celebrity brain" in people that does want to be a part of a fan base, whether it's a musician or an actor there's a part of us that likes watching other people, and celebrities are very good at being those "other people" professionally. That's never going away.

Acting is a real skill! It's not standing around being yourself and getting paid for nothing. Being a celebrity is not acting.

So maybe if there is some upside to all this, it's that actors may come up ahead of celebrities... the manufacturing of a top 10 list of celebrities in a cut throat competition is probably more "efficient" than funding 1000 community theaters to generate a bunch of actual actors. I'm not optimistic about this strike ending in favor of the celebrities, they're expensive and annoying and possibly un-necessary? That's not a good bargaining position. But actors might have a chance.