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It aint exactly news that the entertainment world is absolutely riddled with people whose connections to the industry has given them a massive leg up. If its not direct connections to the industry, then its the material resources and class position that allow kids with dreams of working in the performing arts the chance to try, over and over again, without the unsustainable consequences that can otherwise come with failure. Cushioned by mum and dads wealth, they are free to practice their craft and make connections without having to worry about not being able to afford the heating bill. Thats not to say that great talents havent arisen from the posh and connected classes, but its an absolute tragedy that the direction of travel in the artsespecially in miserable neoliberal hellholes like Britainhas seen opportunities and support for working class actors, musicians, and other performers to grow ever thinner.

As James McAvoy, son of a psychiatric nurse and a builder, once said of the increasingly poshified spaces of Britains entertainment industry:

We all know about how connected or already well-off many successful American actors were before they made it. And we all must be instinctually aware of how bad things are over on the UK side of the pond. But for a glimpse of how truly grotesque things are in Britain, consider some of these names and the revealing paragraphs found in the early life sections of their Wikipedia entries:

Benedict Cumberbatch

Cara Delevigne

Florence Welch

Tom Hiddleston

Rose Leslie

Marshall whatshisface from Mumford and Sons

Chris Martin

Eddie Redmayne

Tilda Swinton

Jack Whitehall

Rebecca Hall

Guy Ritchie

Hugh Grant

Kit Harington

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