It feels like the same thing exists with Hollywood movies. Even movies that try to have a populist class-politics angle to them seem out-of-touch like they were obviously made by progressive middle-class Hollywood writers. Compare that to the vibe of movies from the 1980s or whatever which feel so much more real. Like the opening scene of Alien where its a bunch of workers arguing over how they should approach a request from the company and the characters feel real and their arguments feel real, not caricatures or anyone being unreasonable. I've never seen something like that in a modern movie. But it was probably based on labor action that was happening in real life at the time.

It's kind of sad. Haven't seen I Love Boosters yet, maybe it has some of those vibes or maybe not idk. The separation of working class experience from entertainment is probably pretty intentional, but also probably happens naturally. Especially without the Soviet Union.