The Glossy: Met Gala's Fame Crucible
Tonight's excruciating, exhilarating exercise reveals the dislocations of Hollywood, celebrity and its embattled host

One of the pandemic’s lesser side effects, among so many, was the upending of the fame economy. In the last two years, TikTok became the top downloaded app in America, theaters struggled to stay afloat and the external validation of red carpets, premi…