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Why we feel so captivated by the drama
Everyone loves to see wildly wealthy characters fail in a way because it shows their vulnerability.
Displaying the weaknesses of the characters serve to connect them to audiences. People can identify easier with characters who make mistakes.
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Television shows open up taboo topics
We often discount the positive of watching how the characters in a television series use and waste money.
Money can be a taboo topic, but these forms of entertainment give us the opportunity to open up and discuss what we'd do in a similar situation.
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The love-hate relationship with rich characters
On one end, we tend to think we can aspire to have some of the nice lifestyles portrayed in the shows - the clothes, the cars, the houses. But we also hate people who can afford and waste things and be so careless about it.
Yet, it's just as easy for us to pretend to be something we're not ...
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Why we feel invested in a television series
We tune into television series episode after episode because we've become invested in some or all of the character's lives. Marketers and psychologists measure this on the connectedness scale - the degree to which people think a series and its characters are real.
Even if ...
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