Movies & TV ’s Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance: Expectations vs Reality | SATC, New Girl & More

Being in your 30s used to mean that your life, finances, and job felt stable -- but things are often quite different nowadays. Movies & TV love showing the more secure side of things, but in recent years we’ve begun to see more characters on screen working to survive their very unstable 30s. Sometimes the lives of characters on screen in their 30s on screen can feel hilariously out of reach, but thankfully in recent years we’ve also started to get many more films and shows that are willing to get honest about what it’s like to be in your 30s now (the good *and* the less than stellar…) So what do movies and tv get right and wrong about life and finances in your 30s today? Join our Patreon to unlock the members-only series “Total Take,“ vote on what we cover next, and more: Read articles on film, TV and culture: Follow our socials: CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:58 When being in your 30s meant being stable in life... 02:59 The misery of modern job culture 04:29 One big thing weighing so many people down 05:29 Feeling young (& paying to keep looking that way) 07:29 Giant tv homes (no one can afford anymore) 09:03 The price of parenting 10:41 Making the most of our 30s (even if they don’t go how we thought) The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough This video was narrated by Charly Bivona, produced/written by Jessica Babineaux, and edited by Travis Martin Films & shows mentioned in this video: New Girl Sex and the City Insecure Superstore Gilmore Girls Friends The Mindy Project Fleabag Broad City The Worst Person in the World The Brady Bunch Mad Men Tick, Tick... Boom! Bridesmaids The Dick Van Dyke Show Bewitched How I Met Your Mother Bridget Jones’s Diary Search Party Seinfeld Set It Up Girls Up In The Air Before Sunset The Wolf of Wall Street Knocked Up Ingrid Goes West Waiting to Exhale You’re The Worst Working Moms The Lost Daughter This Is Us Submarine