Kids + Money
For you guys that do have a subscription to HBO, I highly recommend you set your Tivo for Kids + Money by Lauren Greenfield. It's a fantastic peek into the thoughts of various teens and pre-teens on consumer culture. It's basically a series of interview "portraits" of kids from various economic backgrounds in LA.
In L.A., the money is on the surface level. When you meet someone, it’s like, “Hi. I’m this person. I’m rich,” or “Hi, I’m this person. I wish I was rich.” It shows up everywhere. How tan you are, what jewelry you’re wearing. Girls have $3000 book bags just for school. It doesn’t stop in high school—what car you drive, where you work, what kind of suit you are wearing. It’s a whole image thing that Hollywood forces you to fit into.
And below is the trailer:
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