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The Rich Girl Plot Armor Problem , Explained | Trope Analysis


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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…

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