December talking meme: 12/13

[pocochina]

On a literal level, Dollhouse is a show about the 1%. Rossum attracts its in-house professionals with the promise of being on the cutting edge, certainly, but there’s little chance it doesn’t add an astronomical salary to sweeten the deal. And yet, I think it also catches some subtle things about class versus wealth in how the different members of

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[ceciliaj]

Awesome! Saving forever :)

[ceciliaj]

Actually, this reminds me of a comment a friend of mine made recently about how sad she is to see some millenial types be so confidently opposed to working for the extractive financial services industry, but then be super psyched to go work for Google.

[pocochina]

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THE BEST SHOW THOUGH

[eilowyn]

SOCIALIST!!

Loved this, as I do everything you do. Never thought of Dollhouse in terms of economics, but damn.

[pocochina]

SOCIALIST!!

It's like Bloody Mary! Say it three times and there's financial regulation and Medicare for all!

....no, damn, it didn't work, OH WELL.

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[pocochina]

It's different than pretty much anything else, but IMO a very worthwhile kind of different.

[rosaxx50]

Hahaha, I actually saw this through the email link so I wouldn't have seen the cut-title if I hadn't gone to check. Fortunately I did, so I will begone~~

[pocochina]

Shoo!

[pocochina]

Perrin was fascinating, wasn't he?

Glad you liked!