Someone wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets 2023-01-10 04:44 am (UTC)

Re: OP

original "implied generational wealth" anon here

1) ^ exactly these lines, it's the sort of thing that really does point to like, having the ability to call your dad's country club friend

2) "my mom took me to paris to see the mona lisa when I was six" - is this impossible for a poor family to do? of course not. does it kind of imply being well off, though? also yes

3) his whole Unearned Confidence Vibe, which absolutely a useful-to-a-point trait in the american business world, is also something that's often cultivated by the experience of growing up fairly wealthy. everything comes easy to you, it must be because you're so great at it! and no one ever told you otherwise!

4) he's an idiot, so why does he, out of all the other dipshits, have definitely the right to half the company (Andi doesn't say, my napkin my idea my company, no way on Klear, she says I'll take my half) and the ability to swipe all of it? maybe he provided some seed money out of a trust

5) with the alpha company assets in dispute, all the other dipshits side with him, and the courts crush her. sounds like he had other resources to fall back on and afford serious lawyer fees (and the other dipshits knew it)

6. Out-of-text reason, but...all these billionaire bros had millionaire parents, ivy league legacies, etc. Miles isn't about Elon Muskā„¢ Specifically, but if Miles was a genuine Rags-to-Riches story with a weird Donut Hole in the story of doing nothing but ride Andi's coattails because they met in a bar one time and this extremely driven black woman from alabama picked up a neer-do-well grungy white boy boyfriend who made no contributions to her life and made him co-owner of her business for no reason....it's a weaker story on a lot of levels. The satire of that whole class is so on point in every other respect that I don't believe the intent wasn't to imply that it also matches reality in this one.

I'm not saying this is Absolute Fact, but I think the circumstantial case makes sense. If there's anything in the movie you think contradicts this reading, I'd be interested to hear it!

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