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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guzzler’s Frightening Hair" data-source="post: 321518" data-attributes="member: 2740">That's one kind of nouveau riche for sure.  When I think of the term I think of over-the-top and tacky conspicuous displays of wealth, like what we'd see these days in the Real Housewives or something.  I guess we had Jock's 'bling' a couple of seasons in, but JR and Bobby drove tasteful cars as opposed to Alex Ward/Mark Graison idiotmobiles.  It seemed like the cheapness of clothes and sets may have been as much a function of a limited production budget (and of the times, I guess) as a conscious effort to portray the Ewings in a particular way.One thing that stood out to me that marked the Ewings as anything but 'old money' was how rough around the edges Jock was, with his 'improper English' and working-class physicality.  He had more in common with Ray than with generational-wealth Ivy Leaguers (I remember him showing disgust at the prospect of having lunch with some acquaintances of Bobby who'd gone to Harvard or Princeton or somewhere like that.)  You just couldn't picture him playing squash down at the club with the 'gents'.</blockquote>