A synopsis of the forthcoming television show, Privileged.
Twenty-three year-old Megan Smith has a Yale education, a relentlessly positive attitude and a plan to conquer the world of journalism, despite the fact that she is currently slaving away at a tabloid rag.
Megan's plan is thrown off course when, in one whirlwind day, she gets fired, meets cosmetics mogul Laurel Limoges and becomes the live-in tutor for Laurel's twin teen granddaughters in the heady Palm Beach world of wealth and power.
Acquiring access to wealth in America has to be predicated on a fantasy. In this case, it is a "whirlwind day" - think tornado in the Wizard of Oz. An incredible event that takes the protagonist out of her mundane world (the domain of workers) and inserts her into a world of adventure (the domain of rulers). Even so, she remains a servant.
The girls, Rose and Sage, are beautiful, rebellious and less-than-thrilled with their new tutor, but Megan is determined to win them over as she enjoys the perks of her new job - breathtaking private suite, gorgeous convertible and live-in chef Marco.
Rebelling against what, exactly? The confines of their upper class life? The authority of a someone who is beneath their status being in charge of their education? I doubt it's truly a rebellion. More likely, it is a reaction.
And the chef is not white.
Despite her own complicated romantic and family relationships, Megan is committed to making a difference in the lives of her two headstrong charges as she navigates the treacherous waters of high society in Palm Beach.
It is the duty of the lower classes to educate and change the amoral, sociopathic, narcissistic individualism that is inherent in the wealthy, or so the narrative goes. To believe in the possibility of a spontaneous change in the values of the wealthy - or any class - is probably naive.
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