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Money Talks: Is 'Your Friends & Neighbors' Aspirational?

2025/5/27
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Emily Peck: 我认为《你的朋友和邻居》这部剧是少数几部关于富人的剧中，我并不羡慕他们的生活方式。剧中展现的轻松美好的生活方式对许多人来说是有吸引力的，值得羡慕的。富裕的郊区生活能够负担各种使生活变得奢华的细微之处。剧中人物是年收入数百万美元的1%富人，但与马斯克和贝索斯这样的0.1%富人不同。即使在前10%的富人中，也存在阶层分化，5%的人会感到焦虑。剧中试图讲述一个道德故事，即过度消费的生活方式是令人厌恶的，但这并没有引起我的共鸣，我觉得他们的生活方式很好。 Hillary Frey: 《你的朋友和邻居》在视觉呈现上不如《白莲花度假村》那样吸引人，即使剧中人物的生活很糟糕。剧中在房屋内部和外部的呈现上都显得平淡无奇。尽管剧中人物穿着名牌服装，但一切都显得过于普通，感觉就像在不同的环境中的日常生活，因此这部剧并不具有吸引力。剧中人物即使有钱，也总是过度消费，这反映了人们得到更多就想花费更多的心理。剧中展现的生活方式，即人们得到更多就花费更多，以及对债务的依赖，让我感到恐惧。剧中很好地将人们适应某种生活方式的风险联系起来，这种生活方式可能随时失去。我不喜欢大房子，大白房子是我的噩梦。我有一种强烈的安慰精神，告诉你你无论如何都不想要他们所拥有的。

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The podcast hosts discuss the Apple TV+ show Your Friends & Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm, and debate whether the depicted lifestyle of wealthy suburbanites is aspirational. They compare it to The White Lotus, noting the difference in how the wealth is portrayed.
  • Comparison of Your Friends & Neighbors with The White Lotus
  • Discussion on the aspirational aspects of the show
  • Analysis of the characters' financial situation and class anxiety

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In this Money Talks: Hillary Frey) joins Emily Peck) to discuss the kind of rich people that populate the Apple TV+ show *Your Friends & Neighbors, *Jon Hamm’s Don Draper-esque charm, and whether there’s any real point to having a murder plot line. 

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