Well, to be the flip side to this one-sided view... people who WORK in those industries care. They care a great deal. For example: theatre. Most of my friends are in theatre. Most of them trained for years, and paid their dues and were just getting somewhere good, and now they can't work. They can't do what they trained their whole life to do, and it's not pathetic that they ache to return to their life and their dreams. Financially most actors can't just 'wait out the storm'. Unlike footballers and sports stars who earn huge money, most actors don't make above minimum wage. They have no savings. They have no career. Let's not call them pathetic to add salt to the wound.