Does anyone here remember the Twilight Zone episode about Wllioughby? I think the actual episode was entitled The Stop At Willoughby?
It's about a man who works in advertising and loses a big account. He is berated by his boss and goes home on the train to his wife who is devoid of any sympathy or compassion and is just in it for the money. The episode goes on to show more issues with his wife and his boss and interspersed with this the man is on the commuter train having fantasies about a train stop called Willoughby. At this stop life seems to be stuck in a time warp of a simpler life in the 1800's. The episode ends with the man stepping off the train when the stop of Willoughby is announced - to his death. At the end we the doors on the hearse carrying his body closing and on the doors reads - Willoughby and Sons.
This episode really moves me in so many ways. First there's the men's rights/pretty much lack of men's rights men are expected to face if employed at a certain level and married. Beyond that, there's a tie in to simple living in the sense that the wife's materialism is exposed for the soul crushing issue it truly is and how her materialism just makes a horrible situation even worse. There's also the is modern life worth this angle.
This episode was truly before it's time and I say bravo that it ever made it to the airwaves in the United States. It does starkly show much of what is wrong with both America and society and how both often harm men. I'd recommend this be required watching in public schools around the age of 8 - my experience is that was when I started questioning things. Rob