Fumarama

This is from a week in review article in the Times about Ugly Betty and exporting the telenova to the United States:

But South American veterans of the telenovela industry suggest the genre may have a North American future, after all. The growing income gap in the United States reminds them of their own societies, they say, and it may assure an appetite for feel-good stories about social mobility.

I must admit I have never thought of rising inequality this way....but I always pass by the telenovas and they look kind of awesome.

(actually this statement made me laugh out loud. It is outrageous, and incredibly cynical, but also wierdly optimistic. It is just brilliant social commentary.)