#49: Eat The Rich Season | If You Liked "Triangle of Sadness"

Eat the Rich season is going strong & has been on the rise for the past decade. In this episode of Cinematic Breadcrumbs podcast, your host Elise Hernke speculates on what societally happened starting at the turn of the century to provoke such an interest in the suffering of the rich on film. Films mentioned in this episode: 1990s/early 2000s - The Game, Titanic, The Family Man, Scrooged2010-2019 - Knives Out, Snowpiercer, Parasite, Ready or Not, You're Next, Get Out, The Big Short, Sorry to Bother You2020 - 2023 - Triangle of Sadness, The Menu, Knives Out: Glass Onion, White Lotus (TV; on HBO), Infinity Pool, Don't Worry DarlingSongs used in amateur compilation:Aerosmith - Eat The RichHall & Oates - Rich GirlABBA - Money Money Money Frank Ocean - Super Rich KidsWhite Lotus S'2 Theme SongEpisode of "You're Wrong About" that discusses the emergence of the middle class lobbied by advertising companies who desired to keep the upper class in power: https://www.stitcher.com/show/youre-wrong-about/episode/online-shopping-with-amanda-mull-207270849Follow the podcast Instagram here.