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Originally Posted by Moejoe
. . . I wonder if this kind of crap happens anywhere else, or is it a particularly Anglo/American thing.
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It happens everywhere, not just in Britain and America. People want relief from their daily toil and do not want to be made to think (something great literature generally demands). People at the bottom want to believe that they, too, can rise, and they live vicariously through the gossip columns.