How does ‘class-passing’ actually work?

Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work? by JBlue42 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @02:47PM (#16285186)

This is a good point.

We've been idealizing rural / commoner folk for a while. IIRC, French nobility in the 18th or 19th century had the habit of running out to the country and playacting as peasants for fun.

Not to mention there's a glut of 'rural/blue collar porn', (Duck Dynasty, etc) or at least there was a few years back. Some of that maybe people watched condescendingly but there could also be the tendency of portraying these folks as knowing something others do not.

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Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work? by hiuaql on Thursday February 01, 2018 @03:52PM (#16285766)

Duck Dynasty's audience was not substantially less rural / blue collar than the cast.

There's a glut of "urban white collar porn": Nearly all mainstream television sitcoms and dramas.

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Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work? by JBlue42 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:35PM (#16286138)

Think I had this older article in the back of my head when writing that:

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/08/here_c...

I don't disagree about urban white collar porn (sitcoms, dramas, sure but all those house hunting shows too) but neither of these were the main thrust of my comment.

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