Rich Girl Plot Armor vs The Power of Invisible Wealth In Movies & TV

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Money can solve a lot of problems, but… what happens when nearly every character seems to be protected by a bubble of invisible wealth (even ones that are meant to be “just like us”?!) While “Rich Girls” have always had a certain amount of plot armor (on screen and in real life,) in movies and TV shows even average, supposedly down-to-earth characters can feel like they’re living in a total fantasy world. Which, on the one hand, makes sense since… they’re literally not real. But the truth is that these kinds of stories can have a psychological effect on us in real life, too. So, let’s take a closer look at all of the sides of this trope to figure out how it’s really shaped our perception of wealth and our own lives…

Featuring Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, I Love LA's Maia, Emily in Paris, Friends' Rachel Green, The Devil Wears Prada & more!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:41 What is rich girl plot armor?
01:49 The problem even rich girls can't avoid...
02:52 The invisible wealth of "average" characters
03:50 I Love LA's Maia
04:18 Friends' Rachel
05:16 SATC's Carrie
07:39 Rich girl downfalls
08:37 How invisible wealth saves the not-rich girls
09:29 The Devil Wears Prada's Andy
10:06 Why we enjoy watching invisible wealth stories
10:37 How the trope affects us in real life
11:00 Guilt & the normalization of luxury
11:37 Soft life & related viral trends
12:40 The freedom of financial stability



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