There are so many television series dedicated to revealing the world of the rich that it can be said that they form a kind of genre. They are almost always dramas seasoned with humor (“dramedia”), highly satirical, possibly caricatured. “Downton Abbey” and “Succession” are probably among the most successful achievements in this field. Both speak of riches beyond the reach of the common man, the first in England at the beginning of the 20th century and the second in the United States today.
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There’s another line of shows that try to bring the rich down a little more to the ground. I think for example of “Big Little Lies”, “Nine Unknowns” and “The White Lotus”. These are series that in a way have the effect of comforting the viewer. Its beautiful protagonists are insecure and reckless, eventually cruel, villains and as idiotic as we would like them to be.
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Even more than “Big Little Lies”, “White Lotus” presents an advertising aesthetic, almost tourist advertising, with the constant depiction of spectacular landscapes and leisure scenes in luxury palaces, yachts and pool bars. On the plus side, it’s like the viewer gets a beauty boost for the price of living with such neurotic and selfish characters.
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