One place in the US where there's still lots of upward mobility....

[raccoon]

The soaps! Where else can a young woman who does nails end up a multi-millionaire and a well-paid executive of a large corporation? Or a young man who started out as a pool boy for a wealthy family marry to boss's daughter and end up a multi-millionaire and a well-paid executive of a large corporation?

The rich people on the soaps, apparently don't mind marrying someone whose socioeconomic status is way below theirs.

[chemenger]

1. Seriously though.

http://photobucket.com/images/rock%20climbing/?page=4&userinit=true&source=header

[raccoon]

2. Not for the faint-hearted. nt

[KamaAina]

3. And the media conglomerates are even snuffing those out

soon, the only ones left will be the Spanish-language telenovelas.