#it's about a lil' guy who doesn't have good instincts for social interaction
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One of the most character defining moments for Oliver is when he arrives early to Saltburn and... walks up through the unlocked gates to knock on the door, because this is his friend's house that he was invited to, so why wouldn't he walk up to the front door, through the unlocked gates, to just knock on the door??
Like, people come up with all sorts of convoluted class discussion, but really? Who here hasn't had a friend who invited them over, who also had a little fence and a gate around their front yard, so when you went over to their house you just knew that you were fine opening the gate and walking up to their door to knock? Because you were invited, and this was your friend's house, and that's just... a thing that you can do?
Yet when Oliver is invited to his friend's house, and he arrives a little bit early, and he notices hey! there are gates here, that are unlocked! and he walks up through those unlocked gates to knock on the door to his friend's house that he was explicitely invited to? Duncan answers the door and is instantly confused because??? We sent a car for you?? The gates weren't OPEN??? But to Oliver?
Yeah the gates weren't open. But they also weren't locked.
And if the gate isn't locked? Then why shouldn't Oliver walk right through it once he's got an invitation?
#saltburn#oliver quick#oh it's about the middle class doing [x]...!#no it's not!!!#it's about a lil' guy who doesn't have good instincts for social interaction#not seeing the inherent difference between ultra rich and middle class and poor#because#they're just people??#with different amounts of money yes#but still just people???#why does the size of the gate matter#when he knows what to do with a gate in front of a friend's house that he was invited to??#shouldn't that matter the same?#regardless of money?#except it doesn't#and that breaks him
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