I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.
My mother was an actress and my voice teacher an incredible voice teacher....
It's amazing that something only an atom thick can be an impenetrable...
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.