Current or near current manifestations of the American Dream gone wrong - Breaking Bad, Wolf on Wall Street, Mad Men, American Hustle. The continued art of faking it even when you make it. You may disagree with my comment - especially if you are any kind of feminist.
The American Dream is almost aways looked through a male prism - unless you're Oprah, Sheryl Sandberg, Hilary Clinton, or Beyonce - and this is sad and unjustified. To an extent. The American Dream is indeed just a 'dream' - one wakes up and realises one is living the American Mediocrity, the American Poverty or the American Nightmare. This is not everyone of course, and it goes to show the strength, durability and innovation of the American Dream. It is in fact to be admired with all its flaws and in its many forms.
In other words, the American Dream speaks to the hope in every one of us; none of us can ever more than survive without hope or a [certain community] dream. They are our modern forms of superstition after all.
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