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->''LawAndOrder''

* Robert Altman's ''ThePlayer'', UpToEleven

* TheSimpsons: Bart sees this in the episode ''Bart Gets Famous'', where he becomes the "I didn't do it kid" and is exposed to the full force of showbiz and a hideous bitch goddess. The trope is arguably inverted in ''Radioactive Man'', where Milhouse becomes Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man film, and it's Springfield that's shown to be the ones gouging the simple yet not that unpleasant Hollywood folks out of their money.
* TheCritic frequently invokes this trope.

WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[HookersAndBlow addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[DeadpanSnarker snarky towards the talent]], but this won't stop them from ruthlessly trying to climb the ladder -- and in this depraved environment, climbing to the top tends to be a [[CastingCouch horizontal sort of activity]]. The fans are insane and you might gain some stalkers. The executives are fond of [[ExecutiveMeddling excessive meddling]] and/or just plain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt]]. [[WritersSuck The Writers]] are {{Cloudcuckoolander}} {{Butt Monkey}}s. Absolutely everyone -- even people who are not actually ''in'' the entertainment industry -- is a StepfordSmiler [[SuchAPhony Phony]] who may be all smiles and charm and obsequiousness to your face, but only because they secretly hate you and can't wait for you to turn your back so they can stick a knife into it. Everywhere you look, crippling insecurities and neuroses are constantly being masked with bombastic, preening arrogance and ego.

WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[HookersAndBlow addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[DeadpanSnarker snarky towards the talent]], but this won't stop them from ruthlessly trying to climb the ladder. The fans are insane and you might gain some stalkers. The executives are fond of [[ExecutiveMeddling excessive meddling]] and/or just plain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt]]. [[WritersSuck The Writers]] are {{Cloudcuckoolander}} {{Butt Monkey}}s. Absolutely everyone -- even people who are not actually ''in'' the entertainment industry -- is a StepfordSmiler [[SuchAPhony Phony]] who may be all smiles and charm and obsequiousness to your face, but only because they secretly hate you and can't wait for you to turn your back so they can stick a knife into it. Everywhere you look, crippling insecurities and neuroses are constantly being masked with bombastic, preening arrogance and ego.

* All the characters of ''ImperialBedroom'', the sequel to Bret Easton Ellis's ''LessThanZero'', are members of the Hollywood machine.

* All the characters in ''ImperialBedrooms", the sequel to Bret Easton Ellis's ''LessThanZero'', are members of the Hollywood machine.

* Bret Easton Ellis's ''LessThanZero'', and its sequel ''ImperialBedrooms''.

* Bret Easton Ellis's ''LessThanZero'', as well as its sequel ''ImperialBedrooms''.

WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[HookersAndBlow addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[DeadpanSnarker snarky towards the talent]], but this won't stop them from ruthlessly trying to climb the ladder. The fans are insane and you might gain some stalkers. The executives are fond of [[ExecutiveMeddling excessive meddling]] and/or just plain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt]]. [[WritersSuck The Writers]] are ButtMonkeys. Absolutely everyone -- even people who are not actually ''in'' the entertainment industry -- is a StepfordSmiler [[SuchAPhony Phony]] who may be all smiles and charm and obsequiousness to your face, but only because they secretly hate you and can't wait for you to turn your back so they can stick a knife into it. Everywhere you look, crippling insecurities and neuroses are constantly being masked with bombastic, preening arrogance and ego.

WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[HookersAndBlow addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[DeadpanSnarker snarky towards the talent]], but this won't stop them from ruthlessly trying to climb the ladder. The fans are insane and you might gain some stalkers. The executives are fond of [[ExecutiveMeddling excessive meddling]] and/or just plain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt]]. Absolutely everyone -- even people who are not actually ''in'' the entertainment industry -- is a StepfordSmiler [[SuchAPhony Phony]] who may be all smiles and charm and obsequiousness to your face, but only because they secretly hate you and can't wait for you to turn your back so they can stick a knife into it. Everywhere you look, crippling insecurities and neuroses are constantly being masked with bombastic, preening arrogance and ego.

* The rather infamous Burn Hollywood Burn.

* ''SunsetBoulevard''

* ''TheWestWing'', of all things, touches on this every so often. C.J Cregg's backstory involves her working as a publicist for a selection of spoilt and neurotic Hollywood types who throw tantrums if they get placed lower on a magazine's 'who's most influential in Hollywood' list; a job she hates and considers meaningless. Another episode has the President go to a fundraising event in Beverly Hills swarming with these types; he doesn't have fun. A few other episodes also have mentions of this kind of thing.

WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[HookersAndBlow addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[DeadpanSnarker snarky towards the talent]]. The fans are insane and you might gain some stalkers. The executives are fond of [[ExecutiveMeddling excessive meddling]] and/or just plain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt]]. Absolutely everyone -- even people who are not actually ''in'' the entertainment industry -- is a StepfordSmiler [[SuchAPhony Phony]] who may be all smiles and charm and obsequiousness to your face, but only because they secretly hate you and can't wait for you to turn your back so they can stick a knife into it. Everywhere you look, crippling insecurities and neuroses are constantly being masked with bombastic, preening arrogance and ego.

See also {{Celebrity Is Overrated}}, which tends to go in line with this. See also: [[{{Hollywood Index}} every trope on this wiki containing the word
Hollywood.]]

See also {{Celebrity Is Overrated}}, which tends to go in line with this. See also: [[HollywoodIndex every trope on this wiki containing the word
"Hollywood"]].

See also {{Celebrity Is Overrated}}, which tends to go in line with this. See also: [[HollywoodIndex every trope on this wiki containing the word "Hollywood"]].

WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[HookersAndBlow addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[DeadpanSnarker snarky towards the talent]]. The fans are insane and you might gain some stalkers. The executives are fond of [[ExecutiveMeddling excessive meddling]] and/or just plain corrupt. Absolutely everyone -- even people who are not actually ''in'' the entertainment industry -- is a StepfordSmiler [[SuchAPhony Phony]] who may be all smiles and charm and obsequiousness to your face, but only because they secretly hate you and can't wait for you to turn your back so they can stick a knife into it. Everywhere you look, crippling insecurities and neuroses are constantly being masked with bombastic, preening arrogance and ego.