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KD Since: May, 2009
28th Apr, 2024 08:42:50 PM

The War is Glorious/Hell disparity is Recruiters Always Lie.

The Simple Life is Simple is about another occupation (farming) that can be glamorized in media. I think it's more about the difficulty and complexity rather than awfulness though. I'm sure some people find farming to be fulfilling.

Modeling is Glamorous is another one that's self descriptive, although again, real modeling is probably not awful.

Veanne Since: Jul, 2012
29th Apr, 2024 08:04:52 AM

Really, any job we see in fiction will be The Theme Park Version, since a) Most Writers Are Writers and they can't (even if they want to) research everything, b) audience cares about the story (hence Artistic License), so, unless the story is specifically about how horrible some line of work is, the sordid details/Wangst would detract from it. We do have Rom Com Job (where the Love Interest or protagonist has an Inherently Attractive Profession and a One-Hour Work Week).

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