Ever noticed how people on TV own houses bigger than most peoples? And tv never follows the story of someone who buffs floors, or cleans windows.

And, they’re all dressed up nicely makeup and everything early in morning, cook a 10 course breakfast that no one eats more than a few bites of, then someone comes over at 7 am also dressed nice, makeup and everything. Then if they do go to work, they work for like 15 minutes and spend the rest of the time chatting. So realistic. 😂

If you watch British TV it's different. I like UK detective shows and the houses are often small and normal looking with normal people stuff all over the house. Real. Also the senior detective who is solving the murder is middle aged and average looking instead of a 22 year old supermodel.

In the early days of television, back in the 1950's, there were a few shows like that.

I remember Abbot and Costello, in which the two characters were regularly broke and often had to deal with a landlord threatening to evict them due to unpaid back rent.

The Honeymooners was a show about blue collar people, living in a very modest apartment.

But shows like that are a thing of the past.

And then there was the movie "Fatal Attraction", made in 1987. It was essentially a remake of a 1971 movie "Play Misty For Me". But the earlier movie was about working-class characters, while the remake was about rich people.

Two things going on here.


First, yeah there is not a whole lot of working class anything in tv and movies. See friends where they live in massive apartments in Manhattan and drink coffee all day except when they occasionally remember they have jobs for a plot device.

Part of that is wish fulfillment in movies and TV, People escaping real life.


The other part is especially years ago camera equipment was huge. So you needed a bigger set just to fit all the equipment out of frame and still have enough room that your sitcom was not happening in a postage stamp on the floor.

Yeah, i guess the only realistic representation of a home ive seen is Shameless

I find if you watch shows from other parts of the world, the houses and people look more realistic.

That's very true. The property programmes never ever talk about affordable homes for first time buyers either.

all these people that want big houses...


remember that when it's time to vacuum, mop, dust, wash, polish, etc. 🤔

Totally unrealistic for most people

You must watch quite different movies than I do. 😅
Jk, I know what you mean. I see it mostly in American and French movies or rather TV shows.
But stuff by Wong Kar Wai is almost claustrophobic. Or Interior Design by Michel Gondry. 😱

I always wanted a villa or mansion like in a forest isolated place with some horror theme. Inshould be able to grow my own food. Somewhat like haunting in hill house

They want you to stay in your place, they want to rub you nose in your struggles and lie to you everyday..........
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