ᴍaʀᴋᴇᴛ dɪsʀᴜpᴛɪᴏn: ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛhᴇ 10 ᴏf ᴜs casᴛ ᴇdɪᴛɪᴏn
ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛhᴇ 10 ᴏf ᴜs ɪs an aᴍᴇʀɪcan sɪᴛcᴏᴍ ᴛhaᴛ aɪʀᴇd ᴏn aʙc fʀᴏᴍ 1988 ᴛᴏ 1990. ᴛhᴇ shᴏw fᴏllᴏws ᴛhᴇ lɪᴠᴇs ᴏf ᴛhᴇ lᴜʙʙᴏcᴋs, a wᴇalᴛhʏ faᴍɪlʏ whᴏ lɪᴠᴇ ɪn a lᴜxᴜʀɪᴏᴜs ᴍansɪᴏn ɪn lᴏs angᴇlᴇs. ᴛhᴇ shᴏw was a cʀɪᴛɪcal and cᴏᴍᴍᴇʀcɪal sᴜccᴇss, and ɪᴛ hᴇlpᴇd ᴛᴏ laᴜnch ᴛhᴇ caʀᴇᴇʀs ᴏf sᴇᴠᴇʀal ᴏf ɪᴛs casᴛ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs, ɪnclᴜdɪng scᴏᴛᴛ ʙaɪᴏ, ᴏlɪᴠɪa d’aʙᴏ, and daᴠɪd schwɪᴍᴍᴇʀ.
fʀᴏᴍ an ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc pᴇʀspᴇcᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛhᴇ 10 ᴏf ᴜs can ʙᴇ sᴇᴇn as a ʀᴇflᴇcᴛɪᴏn ᴏf ᴛhᴇ changɪng ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc clɪᴍaᴛᴇ ᴏf ᴛhᴇ 1980s. ᴛhᴇ shᴏw’s fᴏcᴜs ᴏn wᴇalᴛh and lᴜxᴜʀʏ ɪs ɪndɪcaᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ʀɪsɪng afflᴜᴇncᴇ ᴏf ᴛhᴇ aᴍᴇʀɪcan ᴍɪddlᴇ class dᴜʀɪng ᴛhɪs pᴇʀɪᴏd. ᴛhᴇ shᴏw alsᴏ ʀᴇflᴇcᴛs ᴛhᴇ gʀᴏwɪng ɪᴍpᴏʀᴛancᴇ ᴏf ᴛᴇlᴇᴠɪsɪᴏn ɪn aᴍᴇʀɪcan cᴜlᴛᴜʀᴇ. ɪn ᴛhᴇ 1980s, ᴛᴇlᴇᴠɪsɪᴏn ʙᴇcaᴍᴇ ɪncʀᴇasɪnglʏ pᴏpᴜlaʀ, and ɪᴛ plaʏᴇd a ᴍaᴊᴏʀ ʀᴏlᴇ ɪn shapɪng ᴛhᴇ ᴠalᴜᴇs and ʙᴇlɪᴇfs ᴏf aᴍᴇʀɪcan sᴏcɪᴇᴛʏ.