TikTokers, we're going to burn this goddamn house down!
Wealthy Gen Zers are being accused of being tone-deaf as they dance around their mansions and flaunt their lavish stays as TikTok's 'Saltburn' trend rises.
The movie everyone is talking about, Saltburn, is about Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), a goofball who enrolls at Oxford University in 2006, and befriends the fabulously wealthy Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi). This is a story about a man who is invited to spend the summer with his family. in their luxurious mansion, which gives the film its name.
In the film's memorable final scene, Oliver strips completely naked as he dances around the mansion to Sophie Ellis-Bextor's “Murder on the Dance Floor,” essentially giving viewers a glimpse of the characters. Offering a final tour of the magnificent mansion that is itself.
Since the film was released in theaters on Nov. 17, supposedly affluent Gen Zers have been posting TikTok videos of themselves dancing around mansions and luxury hotels to show off their “Saltburn” aesthetic. However, some viewers claim they missed the point of the movie.
“POV: You applied to Oxford University three years ago and now every weekend feels like you're from Saltburn,” Caitlin Darby captioned the TikTok video.
Her videos flash between scenes of tuxedo-clad students drinking at fancy parties, strolling the university grounds, enjoying sumptuous dinners, and lounging in rooms filled with antiques. did.
The video garnered 2 million views and nearly 1,000 comments, but not everyone was impressed.
“Brother, did you see Saltburn?” one TikToker asked. “You don't want to recreate that.”
Another TikToker commented: “I'm not so sure I saw the same Saltburn.”
One TikToker pointed out, “Saltburn is a movie about eating the rich.”
However, Anastasia Graf still wanted to boast about her luxurious stay.
“When Saltburn hits a little too close to home,” Graff captioned a (though apparently deleted) TikTok video of hers, showing the Catton family's French getaway in the south of France. He showed off his beautiful mansion.
“The audience hated the rich. [people] In Saltburn (lol) all the rich kids flaunting their huge estates didn't understand this movie,'' one person commented on TikTok.
Another TikToker said: “I'm surprised how many people didn't get the point of Saltburn.”
But some TikTok commenters seem to have missed the point and were a little too hasty in calling people out.
A TikToker named Mari racked up 4.4 million views on a video of herself grooving to “Murder on the Dancefloor” in a huge, beautiful room with high ceilings, large windows, stone walls, and wooden chandeliers. .
“Me after watching Saltburn,” she captioned a TikTok video inspired by the film's final scene.
While many were quick to comment that the movie seemed to haunt her, several others commented that the girl was seen dancing around the Fairmont Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada, showing off her home. He pointed out that he had not done so.
Critics and viewers alike have been divided on the film's commentary on class and race, with some arguing that the seductive aesthetic overshadows the warnings offered by its seemingly self-conscious satire. There is.
However, Saltburn's writer, director, and co-producer Emerald Fennell defended the film as both a critique and explanation of capitalist class conflict.
Fennell told Polygon last November that she thought the film's slogan was “Lick the rich, suck the rich, bite the rich, and swallow the rich.”
But at the same time, Fennell, who was born into the British upper class, explained that the film is also about empathy.
“The important thing is always to have empathy for everyone,” Fennell said. “They are all impossible to resist. The world is impossible to resist.”
“It is important that we understand from the outset why, against our better judgment, we all want to be at Saltburn and will do anything to get in and do anything to stay. did.”