yep. no shock.

no, it does not "beg the question;" it shows one reader's evolving prejudice against a particular form and a complete disconnect from actual reality.

The first story I sold to "Hollywood" was a Star Trek: TNG story called THE RIVALS which had Geordi in a love triangle with his girlfriend and an old rival from the academy. They never got around to actually making the episode. =(

No. Actors, big or small, are NOT being paid to compensate in even the slightest way for the voracious and invasive attention of their public. They do not owe us even the tiniest glimpse of their private lives any more than your neighborhood pharmacist does.