All the people criticizing Saltburn for falling flat as a deep commentary on wealth inequality or class consciousness or whatever are missing the point. Even the director says that isn’t what it’s supposed to be. Saltburn wasn’t supposed to be an eat-the-rich movie, Emerald Fennell herself said that “I think I consider it more ‘Lick the rich, suck the rich, and then bite the rich, and then swallow them”. It’s not a political commentary, it’s a story about a guy…
