The Perversity of Entertainment Wages

Show Biz rewards a LOT of people with no, or nearly no, talent. There are beautiful and handsome actors who are on the screen for no reason other than that they are photogenic (e.g., Emily VanCamp, Sullivan Stapleton). There are pop singers who can't sing, but look great on their CD covers. Their bad "singing" is masked by electronic gadgetry and musical overlay.

But professional athletes rise up through a Darwinian gauntlet, and it is only the most talented in the world that reach the highest levels. You can't bullshit your way to a Cy Young Award or a batting championship.

And since both are in the "entertainment" business, I find it regrettable that musicians and actors are paid so disproportionately, especially when their "talent" is so subjective.

You could say Koufax was overpaid. What he did was throw a baseball very fast in a tight area. Not a wide range of talents.

Now, I know Koufax was the best pitcher to play MLB. But you can see how, looking at things differently, a case could be made for it. Probably based more in reality than your claims that thousands of kids could do what Ron Howard did or that Rod Stewart has no talent.
 

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