I was reading my beloved Broadsheet today, and happened across the this term, "wealth porn". I love it, really. It says a lot about the way we portray life on television and fantasy wealth as the new norm.
It's interesting that the average TV family has changed so much over the last 50 years or so. TV families used to be modest and average, weighing the possibilities of buying a second family car in a realistic way. These days, nearly every family on TV is unrealistically wealthy and far out of pace with the norm.
I just had to share my delight with this term.
Julie Pickett-Hall
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