The Hateable Socialite - Why We Love to Hate-Watch Her

From the Kardashians and Paris Hilton to Emily Gilmore and Moira Rose, we relish the lives of real and fictional socialites, people whose job is just to be in the upper echelons of society. In part, watching these people feels like wish fulfillment. But we also crave stories about socialites’ downfalls — stories that allow us to experience a certain schadenfreude and a sense of superiority over those who are so above the rest of us in terms of money and status. The socialite embodies the best and worst America has to offer — but they just may be more complicated and less in control than we think.

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00:00 Why can't we make up our minds about socialites?
01:20 Where our hate for the socialite comes from
05:08 Is she a symbol of the American Dream?
10:31 The perils of the socialite lifestyle