[xqcgrek2]

why do people venerate actors?

[asveikau]

People see them on the screen so often they think they know them. I guess the term "parasocial relationship" has been common in the last few years to describe this.

I guess for actors and other types of artist specifically, people relate strongly to the work. It can form the basis for life memories. You remember where you were when you heard a song or saw a movie.

[Rooster61]

Because the service they render brings joy and entertainment to a large multitude of people. It is a higher visibility job than most, and is largely an individual contribution in and of the service they provide

[slibhb]

Why do people like fictional narrative so much? I'm not sure why, other than some platitude like "forming narratives is how people understand the world". But I'm not sure why it follows that fictional narratives are so important to us.

[BLKNSLVR]

Because a good story scratches something that's deep and hard to reach.

Because fiction allows an escape from the drudgery that real life can so often be.

Because sometimes fiction is required to inspire us as to what we consider possible in life.

[curiousObject]

Actors express the human condition, and that’s more difficult than you think.

To pretend to be a person that you are not, on demand, for months on end, is hard and it demands great empathy and skill.

[bdcravens]

The same reason they venerate anyone: common positive experiences.

[browningstreet]

Because they became part of our stories through performance and iterations. We experienced their work.

[twoodfin]

Also, stories and those who tell them have been kind of a big deal for us homo sapiens now north of 50,000 years.

[beej71]

They don't, in particular. They venerate people who have done amazing things.

[bubblewand]

Very-publicly doing work that lots of people enjoy tends to have that effect.

[paulcole]

why do people venerate computer scientists?