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Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022

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Even within blue tribe nouveau riche there's allegedly this split:

Generally, a celebrity will do a day of press and the premiere at night. Some actors will say, "I’m only doing four hours of press. So, fit in what you can, but I’m not going to work outside that window." You would think that the Mark Wahlbergs and J.Los of the world would be the most demanding but, A-list talent like them know their job and know what they are there for. The C-listers are new and so excited to do whatever you need and they don’t question anything. They’re great. The problem, in general, is the B-listers. They are about to launch, but they also know they aren't nobodies so they push [boundaries] with you. Some will demand, "Well, Julia Roberts got that why don’t I get that?" And you’re like, "Because you’re not Julia Roberts?" [Remember the "why don't my kids get to be Princes too?" drama?]

It honestly sounds too neat, like one of those stories society tells itself until seems like it can't be otherwise (e.g. stuff like "power reveals", which I loathe) but this person is speaking from experience.

I suppose we can apply this logic to Meghan herself. I don't know if you would consider her B-list in Hollywood but she was probably B-list in the family. Interestingly - and the article outright states this - Harry himself could be considered lower down the totem pole than one might think (the phrase is "heir and the spare" after all)

This is probably exacerbated by being under two layers of authority. Sure, Harry is a Prince and his brother will be sovereign and that all sounds glamorous to foreigners. But they were two steps away from the Throne under a monarch who was basically an institution of her own, courtiers who answered to her and not Harry and a dad with his own ideas about what the monarchy should be.