#they arent bad because theyre individually bad people. thats the point. if you couldnt critique the rich because theyre nice and charming
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The main critique I've seen leveraged at Saltburn is that is falls short of its message of "eat the rich". But like...I never saw it as as that. Saltburn (to me) is steeped in a specifically English class context of nobility. There is this gap that cannot be bridged. Oliver throughout the movie has this deep frustration that he does not permanently belong in the sphere of Saltburn. Multiple people specifically goad him with this fact. Oliver is privileged by most people's standards, but it isn't enough. It's not eat the rich as they're all terrible its eat the rich as consuming them, absorbing them, licking the plate clean. The film came across as less a class critique and a hornier knives out but rather a psychological horror story about desire and not being able to have what you want the most. Oliver will never belong truly at Saltburn. Oliver despite worming his way into the family never has physical intimacy with Felix. It's not skewering the rich, it's commenting on the deep desire to inhabit their skin.
#the critique that the cattons arent unlikable drives me insane#they arent bad because theyre individually bad people. thats the point. if you couldnt critique the rich because theyre nice and charming#well we wouldnt get very far#anyway the movie is less fuck the rich and more what about the deep desire to fuck the rich#saltburn
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