Last night's episode of Ugly Betty says something very interesting about America's attitudes. The A plot featured the editors Mode, a recently bankrupt fashion magazine, appealing to the government for a bailout and being ultimately refused because they are seen to be eating out at a lavish restaurant. They then make the decision to liquidate their personal assets to save the company.
What does this say about the America now? I think it would be fair to say that on the whole they look at government in a different way to Brits, and the recent bail-outs are testing their tolerance of government intervention. If the writers of Ugly Betty are trying to reflect the zeitgeist, then this seems to be a cry of frustration against what people see as the rich being made richer at the expense of the ordinary man.
Well done on it for staying relevant - it began during the good spell, when a story about a fashion magazine was enough in and of itself, but it looks like it's adapting to the new circumstances.
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