I think that you bring up an excellent point/dialogue! Hollywood is very much its own landscape and those that occupy a space within that landscape have different rules afforded to them. Celebrities can use this space/themselves to bring awareness to issues, but I feel, in the end do so out capitalist intentions. When I think of celebrities being arrested for a cause or getting involved with one, they do not face the same repercussions that an everyday person does. They are able to negotiate politics from a privileged stance afar without fear, in fact, I would argue that getting arrested or in trouble for standing for a cause can be a positive factor for them in advancing their celebrity. It makes me question the authenticity of Hollywood as an activist landscape and again, brings about the thought of ‘where is the money going?’ and the idea of intertwining activism with capitalism. Is the fight one for justice or one for profit masked as justice?

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