Saltburn, Underconsumption, and Trad Wives: A Dramatic Reenactment of Working Class Life
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By: Kiera Garcia - Associate Culture Editor
Over the past few years there has been an emergence in media, both traditional and non-traditional, to tell a story about someone or to be someone who lives a life portraying themselves to be of a different, typically lower, socio-economic background than they are.
One of the pieces of traditional media that really brought this discussion to light was Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s film of the summer from last year. The movie follows Oliver Quick, an Oxford student who claims to be from a humble background, who quickly attaches to the wealthy Felix Catton, eventually securing an invite to his large family estate for the summer. The movie itself deals with many nuances of socio-economic differ...