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Interesting
to see the subject even mentioned for a change,
but
the conclusion is all wrong.
Working
class life is not absent from our media landscape because
it
is depressing - it's because neo-liberalism depicts
modern life
as
a battleground of aspiration which claims that people
who fail,
do
so because they haven't worked hard enough or followed
the rules.
Hence,
working class life is always shown as a cautionary tale.
If
you don't chase a University degree you're asking for
trouble.
The
middle class have plot-lines - the working class just
have issues.
Effectively,
all culture is middle class.
In
the real world, some of us had great lives.
We
lived independently and educated ourselves.
Our
biggest challenge was coming up against people who
automatically
assumed their innate superiority,
despite
all evidence to the contrary.
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