Is the "eat the rich" subgenre on the wane, or are we becoming overly critical of it? 2019 was probably the year artists around the world stood up in unison against the economic divide through their work. From this emerged anti-classist stories like Parasite, Knives Out, Aadhaar, and many more. As we were going crazy during the COVID-19 pandemic and seeing how the rich used even a devastating situation like that to oppress people and widen the gap between the upper and lower classes, Squid Game arrived in 2021. And, because of the show's popularity, it seemed like people would truly unite and reject this form of discrimination and inequality. But as soon as the public started dressing up as the characters, as streaming platforms and YouTubers staged real-life versions of Squid Game, I guess we started diluting the essence of "eat the rich." Thus, we find ourselves with incomplete content such as "The Love Scam," "Hisaab Barabar," "Deli...
Gold & Greed tells the story of Forrest Fenn, who hid a treasure chest worth millions of dollars in the American Rocky Mountains and decided to go on a treasure hunt in 2010. After watching the three-part documentary, I realized how privileged it is that people can stop working, indulge their fantasies, and go out and hunt for treasure. What amuses me most is that the hunt lasted for about a decade, and some people became completely obsessed with it. Some did it out of greed; others to break the monotony of their lives and feel liberated; and others for the thrill. I mean, this would only have been possible in a developed country where people didn't have to worry about their daily survival. If this treasure hunt had been organized in an underdeveloped country, first of all, the organizer would surely have been kidnapped, and if not, I'm sure the government would have imprisoned him for causing unnecessary inconvenience and fuss. I don't deny that any child dreams of a...