What’s your take on this??

I just saw this on Twitter and I’m curious as to what people think.

Ben Stiller recently showing up in a grocery store promoting soda, Tom Hanks selling coffee directly online… meanwhile we keep hearing that Hollywood elites control culture, narratives, politics, etc. But lately it feels like a lot of these celebrities are suddenly trying to sell regular consumer products directly to people.

Yes, the internet and streaming disrupted Hollywood and we know it, but this feels bigger than that.

If these people are supposed to be part of the most powerful and well-connected entertainment elite on the planet, why does it suddenly look like they’re pivoting to influencer-style product promotion?

Is this just the natural decline of an industry? Is this just normal celebrity branding and marketing or does it say something about the current state of Hollywood? Is it just image management and/or reputation repair? Is it influencer culture evolving?

Are we watching the complete fall of Hollywood’s elite network? Is the old power structure finally unraveling for real? Is the system losing its grip on culture *and* money at the same time?

So what happens if Hollywood can’t prop up America anymore… and America can’t prop up Hollywood either?

So many questions, I know. One might say I’m overthinking this. Maybe it’s nothing… but the timing of some of these pivots sure feels… interesting.

So, my fellow conspiracy theorists, is Hollywood dead??

Let me hear your thoughts! And feel free to drop more examples if you’ve seen similar things.