I think people underestimate the climate that certain creative industries like film, TV and music, foster to enable toxic and abusive behaviour.

New talent is urged to 'behave', not be too difficult, be easy to work with to ensure they get work /a deal.
Opportunities are presented as being limited. There's an underlying sense of lack that's maintained so that new talent is made to feel like they only have one chance.
Power is wielded in a way that encourages and ensures silencing.
The precarious nature of success in these industries means that even when talent starts to rise they're always conscious that they could be blacklisted at any moment.

How many times, for eg, have we seen women celebrities being labelled as divas simply for demanding their value?
And it's because people as consumers of entertainment see many of those within these industries as the commodities that these industries have designed them to be. Otherwise we'd care more about ensuring talent was protected and less about being entertained.
And if the reward for maintaining so many of these toxic structures continues to be presented as wealth and fame, surely history has taught us that wealth and fame is not as desirable as these industries would have us believe.
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