Watching TV series during the endless evenings of the pandemic, I’ve been struck by a recurring theme: family downward mobility. In the US series Arrested Development, the jailing of the conman patriarch dismays his adult children, who had expected to live off the family business for ever. “Great,” grumbles his daughter, “so now we don’t have a car or a jet? Why don’t we just take an ad out in I’m Poor magazine?”
在疫情期间的漫漫长夜看电视剧时，我注意到一个反复出现的主题：家庭向下流动(downward mobility)。在美剧《发展受阻》(Arrested Development)中，以诈骗为生的家族老大被判入狱令他的成年子女沮丧，后者曾以为可以永远依靠“家族企业”生活。“真棒，”他的女儿抱怨道，“这就是说，我们现在没有汽车和私人飞机了？我们为什么不在《我很穷》(I'm Poor)杂志登个广告？”
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