I don't understand what went wrong. The actresses are all prostitutes anyway
I.e.: prostitutes & actresses were originally same class because all actresses made most of their money as whores
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@whalefishery's comment is that the two roles are distinct; once they were linked, now they aren't. But, no - -
- actresses & other celebrities are still prostitutes, still have to trade sex for a successful acting career
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So what changed such that theatrical prostitution no longer carries low status? I have ideas, but I think it's a q
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I get that. I'm meaning "Don't tell me you don't understand how actors came up in status."
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I can rattle lists of what actresses have that contributes to status generally but pre-modern actors had those too
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status. This coincidences with some other things too of course.
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But in 17th-19th c. there were actresses (& singers & probably other performers) who were nationally famous whores
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The places of entertainment still weren't really the soft and sacred places of today. While I'll give that the
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more recent transition is more complex, I think that my general point is the core of it.
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It could be one part. Or changing attitudes towards sex; marketing actresses as brands (sanitizing life story);
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... more movement by children of upper classes into the arts; collapse of traditional aristocracy & status system;
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