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The Cult of Hollywood

2024/7/16
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Amanda Montell: 本期节目探讨好莱坞的邪教性质,从无害的追梦者到令人恐惧的组织和人物,好莱坞的黑暗面持续存在,最近儿童电视节目组的性侵犯事件就是一个例子。好莱坞的等级制度和父权制结构使得上层人士难以被质疑,性侵犯等事件容易发生。好莱坞的魅力、梦想和错觉使其具有腐蚀性,如同“加州旅馆”,一旦进入就难以离开。好莱坞的起源与淘金热有关,这塑造了其对成功和失败的独特态度,好莱坞的成功很大程度上取决于运气和时机。淘金热时期对娱乐的需求促进了好莱坞的发展,电影的普及导致了幻想的普及,以及广告和现代名人文化的爆炸式增长。好莱坞的财富、名望、超脱、明星地位和错觉使其成为一个邪教。好莱坞的魅力会影响人们的身份认同和道德观,好莱坞的竞争性环境导致人们渴望建立自己的追随者群体。好莱坞吸引了各种各样的人,包括骗子和掠夺者。好莱坞的乐观主义使人们容易受到邪教的影响,好莱坞与现实脱节,导致人们做出令人不安的行为。好莱坞的权力结构导致了对演员的剥削和身份的改变,好莱坞高管对演员的控制和操纵是邪教行为。好莱坞将演员视为商品,对其进行剥削。好莱坞高管的权力和隐秘性使其行为难以被问责,好莱坞高管的虐待行为往往以“为你好”的名义进行。好莱坞权力滥用者可能嫉妒演员的天赋和名气,好莱坞存在围绕有魅力的演员或导演的邪教。好莱坞与科学教之间的重叠,科学教专门针对演员,科学教的名人中心及其等级制度,好莱坞和科学教的相似之处,好莱坞的等级制度和科学教的等级制度相似,好莱坞的等级制度和名利追逐,好莱坞顶尖的成功人士也可能感到孤独,好莱坞的27俱乐部现象,好莱坞的环境会让人迷失自我,好莱坞的文化会让人牺牲一切去追求成功,好莱坞的教条认为,不追求成功的人是有问题的。保护自己免受好莱坞邪教影响的方法,当一个群体不允许你保持独立时,它就太像邪教了。哈维·温斯坦案及其对好莱坞邪教性质的影响,罗丝·麦高恩的经历体现了好莱坞的黑暗面,洛杉矶是一个建立在疾病之上的城市,好莱坞与传统邪教的相似之处,人们在邪教组织中往往不愿承认自己是受害者,好莱坞的剥削和非人化,好莱坞的魅力和黑暗面。 Maria Bamford: 家庭、名利和心理健康护理都具有邪教的特征。好莱坞的邪教性质在于其对名气的追逐和对个体价值的操纵,名气是一种虚幻的承诺,它不会带来完全的赞誉和爱戴。好莱坞的吸引力在于其不确定性和名气的可能性,舞台表演带给Maria Bamford的解脱感,被录制和被观看的感受。搬到好莱坞的原因以及对现实的认知不足,在好莱坞的经历和寻求帮助,参与12步计划的经历,对科学教的看法,好莱坞的邪教性质以及人们对其他群体的依赖,好莱坞权力结构中的个人努力,Maria Bamford对好莱坞的看法以及对成功的态度,好莱坞的积极氛围,参与自杀热线工作,好莱坞的财务运作和洗钱的可能性,好莱坞财务运作的缺乏透明度,好莱坞的权力结构和不公平的待遇,好莱坞的低薪和不公平待遇,在好莱坞中为自己争取权益的重要性,好莱坞中一切皆可协商,好莱坞中目的论以及对能力的夸大和说谎,好莱坞中虚假表象的普遍性。

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The episode explores the myth of fame in Hollywood, comparing it to spiritual enlightenment and highlighting the addictive cycle of public approval and disapproval.

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From TV executives abusing kids on sets to Scientology's "Celebrity Center," the cult of the entertainment business can getcha from about 6,000 different angles. After all, what other mainstream American industry is glamorized and lusted-after to this extreme degree, only to betray its most successful acolytes with financial and physical exploitation, social isolation, dehumanization, and a destroyed sense of self-worth to the point that entertainers dying early tragic deaths of despair is not only accepted, it's practically a meme??? This week, host Amanda offers a lil history lesson on the cult of Hollywood before getting into some juicy personal stories and an analytical discush with the one and only Maria Bamford, iconic comedian and author of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere. Who are Hollywood's true "cult leaders," and do their worst behaviors earn it the title of a GTFO-level cult? Tune in to find out!!!

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