History Main / BourgeoisBohemian

* ''Film/FlirtingWithDisaster'' Ben Stiller's real parents (played by Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin) are a pair of aging, affluent hippies who still use drugs recreationally.

They are avid consumers of culture, particularly from left-of-center, state-owned or funded media -- e.g. Creator/{{PBS}} (Public Broadcasting Service, USA), Creator/{{NPR}} (National Public Radio, USA), Creator/{{CBC}} (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Creator/TheBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), and Creator/TheABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). They love organic, locally sourced, hand-crafted, and artisanal products but will also often buy expensive high-end tools, appliances, and gear to pursue their hobbies.

* Greg's parents (Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand) in ''Film/MeetTheFockers''. They are pretty much well-off, and they also embrace some pretty weird activities (an over-the-top parody of New Age beliefs popular at the time).

* Ben Stiller's real parents in ''Film/FlirtingWithDisaster'' (played by Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin) are a pair of aging, affluent hippies who still use drugs recreationally.

-->'''Captain Atom:''' ''(meeting Green Arrow for the first time)'' I'm not flesh and blood anymore, just living energy.\\

See also: TheManIsStickingItToTheMan, RichKidTurnedSocialActivist, RuleAbidingRebel, FoxNewsLiberal, UpperClassTwit, and GirlbossFeminist. If the aging character becomes conservative rather than retains their counterculture values, they're a FormerTeenRebel. CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority may motivate young {{Hipster}} Bobos.

The defining trait of Bourgeois Bohemians is that, while they belong comfortably to the upper or upper-middle class in socioeconomic terms, their tastes and values are often inherited from the counterculture and New Left movements of TheSixties. Expect for them to have very open attitudes towards religion and spirituality (or the lack thereof), sexuality (free love, LGBT+), and recreational drug use, and to champion liberal or progressive causes (such as saving the rainforest or protecting endangered species in remote places).

They are avid consumers of culture, particularly from left-of-center, state-owned or funded media -- e.g. Creator/{{PBS}} (Public Broadcasting Service, USA), Creator/{{NPR}} (National Public Radio, USA), Creator/{{CBC}} (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Creator/TheBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), and Creator/TheABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). They love organic, locally sourced, hand-crafted, and artisanal products but will also often buy expensive high-end tools, appliances and gear to pursue their hobbies.

* ''Literature/KeepTheAspidistraFlying'': In a period-accurate version of the trope, Gordon’s friend Philip Ravelston hails from an old-money family, yet publishes the melodramatically-named magazine ''Antichrist'' which espouses radical Socialism. Ravelston is rich enough that he can afford to crank out this obscure publication, overpay Gordon and several [[StarvingArtist similar writers]] and lead a relatively sumptuous lifestyle, all the while lacking ''any actual job''.
* The Chalfen family of ''Literature/WhiteTeeth'' is a mixed Jewish/Catholic couple (though they don't practice either religion) who were former hippies with a strong interest in Hinduism and other "alternative" religions. The novel shows that, about two decades later, they are raising a family of overachieving children in a suburb in North London. While (to their credit) the Chalfens send their kids to a [[TheGoodOldBritishComp comprehensive]], they are also shown (by their magazine subscriptions) to be strong aficionados of socialism, anarchism, what-have-you despite their material comfort (the mother is a successful author of gardening books, while the father is a cutting-edge genetic engineer). The book portrays them more or less sympathetically: they are not arrogant or hypocritical, just incredibly clueless about reality (like when they take a gang member who goes to their kids' school under their wing and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper show him great compassion]] [[StupidGood even though he is very angry and rude and a potential terrorist]]).

* Young Jolyon from ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga'' is very much a political liberal by the standards of the time. He left his first wife and his eldest daughter to live with another woman, start a family with her and become an artist. And even after he inherits his father's fortune, which makes it possible for him to raise also his younger three children in an upper-middle-class lifestyle, he sticks by his ideals and remains the antipole to his conservative cousin Soames.

* ''Series/{{Beef}}'': Jordan, the home improvement chain store owner Amy is hoping to sell her small business to, expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures and has an otherwise 'zen' (read: wishywashy) personality.
* Nora Walker in ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' is a classic upper-middle-class housewife who drives a Prius and fervently supports socially-liberal causes, but lives in a huge house and throws extravagant parties.

* You could also definitely include Warren and Lois Whelan--Debra's wealthy (or at least upper-middle-class) parents--from ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''. When they first appear, Ray, Frank, and Marie are not looking forward to it, groaning about how much Warren and Lois basically embody this trope to a tee, and how different their own blue-collar family is from the Whelans. When they arrive later in the episode, HilarityEnsues obviously. Over the course of the series, Warren and Lois continue to embody this trope, leading to more awkwardness (and hilarity) when they and the Barones interact.

* Frankie of ''Series/GraceAndFrankie,'' is a combination of Hippie, New Age, and far-left stereotypes. But she is also clearly accustomed to the high standard of living she enjoyed as a lawyer's wife and has a history of making expensive purchases, ironically intended to help her get more in touch with the spiritual and less with the material.

* The social circle of GranolaGirl Love Quinn in ''Series/You2018''. Her parents Ray and Dottie are old-money Californians who started a hip, ethical grocery store named Anavrin (Nirvana backwards); Love manages one. Ray and Dottie are introduced at their 30-year vow renewal (called a "Wellkend"), where guests dress in linen, affirm each other, do weed, "confront their inner id", the works. However, they turn out to be abusive parents. When Joe meets Love's friends, the type of pattern-wearing, wealthy Angelinos who are concerned with things like reiki and Ayurveda, he scoffs at the privilege they have to be making such ethical choices but grows to like them anyway.

* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'s "Salt Of The Earth" from ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' is sung from the perspective of affluent liberals who lionize the working class as compliant underclasses who they have never have to interact or deal with personally:

* In ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' Jackie Welles' girlfriend Misty Olszewski is this. While her exact economic status is never made clear, she's a lot more well-off than she looks since she makes references to having made trips around the world and hiring expensive services and her day job is running a mystical goods shop and helping out as being a Ripperdoc nurse. Despite the usual cynicism of the setting, Misty is a genuinely kind-hearted and empathetic woman who does what she can to help the people around her, with her spiritualism being portrayed as positive or at least helpful, rather than being treated as out of touch with her friends and the world around her.

'''Captain Atom:''' With a name like "Captain Atom" what do you think?\\

* In ''[[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077]]'' Jackie Welles' girlfriend Misty Olszewski is this. While her exact economic status is never made clear, she's a lot more well-off than she looks since she makes references to having made trips around the world and hiring expensive services and her day job is running a mystical goods shop and helping out as being a Ripperdoc nurse. Despite the usual cynicism of the setting, Misty is a genuinely kind-hearted and empathetic woman who does what she can to help the people around her, with her spiritualism being portrayed as positive or at least helpful, rather than being treated as out of touch with her friends and the world around her.

[[StrawmanPolitical Unsympathetic examples]] of the trope will often be portrayed as being hypocritical about their wealth, criticizing other wealthy elites while sharing much of their income bracket and lifestyle. Sympathetic portrayals will usually portrayed then as the CoolOldGuy or CoolOldLady, without any suggestion that progressive principles and wealth aren't incompatible.

[[StrawmanPolitical Unsympathetic examples]] of the trope will often be portrayed as being hypocritical about their wealth, criticizing other wealthy elites while sharing much of their income bracket and lifestyle, including carbon dioxide-producing air travel to far-off countries. Sympathetic portrayals will usually suggest that progressive principles and wealth aren't incompatible, and may, in fact, invoke such ideals as the "Gospel of wealth" or ''[[ComesGreatResponsibility noblesse oblige]]'' as a justification for it. They may even be portrayed as a CoolOldGuy or CoolOldLady.

The trope originated in the 1890s as an insulting depiction of well-off city dwellers. The trope emerged among Socialists rather than the nationalists, with Populists in the United States and Labourites in Britain using it to mock their more bourgeois liberal/socialist counterparts. The term changed a bit over the 1900s. These people have also been called "champagne socialists" in the U.K., "gauche caviar" in France, and "limousine liberals" or "latte liberals" in the U.S. Anti-liberal and anti-socialist nationalists and conservatives began to co-opt it in the mid-20th century. The [[TropeNamer term itself]], however, comes from the [[NewerThanTheyThink 2000]] book ''Bobos in Paradise'' by the conservative ''[[UsefulNotes/AmericanNewspapers New York Times]]'' columnist David Brooks. Brooks identified Bourgeois Bohemians -- "bobos" for short -- as Baby Boomers like himself who had grown up with the individualistic, do-it-yourself ethos of the 1960s counterculture, but now found themselves in TheNineties as well-off, middle-aged professionals, often in creative or technology industries.

This has nothing to do with the upper-middle-class citizens of a region in the UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic.

* Johnny Silverhand in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', is a downplayed version. He's a BombThrowingAnarchist who frequently criticizes people for being part of the System and not standing up to the Man, which is perfectly valid considering the dystopian setting, and there is absolutely no reason to believe that Johnny is anything less than absolutely sincere in his beliefs considering he gave his life for the cause. But unlike most of the people he yells at, Johnny is also a wealthy rockstar, edgerunner and investor for whom money was never an issue, making it easier for him to oppose the system when he has nothing forcing him to be a part of it.
** Jackie Welles' girlfriend Misty Olszewski is implied to be this. While her exact economic status is never made clear, it's implied that she's a lot more well-off than she looks since she makes references to having made trips around the world despite the fact that her day job is running an esoteric goods shop as well as being a Ripperdoc nurse. Unlike Johnny, however, Misty is a genuinely kind-hearted and empathetic woman who does what she can to help the people around her.

* ''ComicBook/{{Persepolis}}'': Marjane's parents. They staunchly oppose the Shah and later the Islamic fundamentalists due to their violations of human rights. At the same time, they're prosperous and keep a girl (then woman) whom they basically adopted during her childhood as their live-in servant, thinking nothing of it.

->Let's drink to the hardworking people
->Let's drink to the lowly of birth
->Raise your glass to the good, not the evil
->Let's drink to the salt of the earth...

->When I search a faceless crowd
->A swirling mass of gray and black and white
->They don't look real to me
->In fact they look so strange...

See also: TheManIsStickingItToTheMan, RichKidTurnedSocialActivist, RuleAbidingRebel, FoxNewsLiberal, and UpperClassTwit. If the aging character becomes conservative rather than retains their counterculture values, they're a FormerTeenRebel. CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority may motivate young {{Hipster}} Bobos.

* Johnny Silverhand in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', is a downplayed version. He's a BombThrowingAnarchist who frequently criticizes people for being part of the System and not standing up to the Man, which is perfectly valid considering the dystopian setting, and there is absolutely no reason to believe that Johnny is anything less than absolutely sincere in his beliefs considering he gave his life for the cause. But unlike most of the people he yells at, Johnny is also a wealthy rockstar for whom money was never an issue, making it easier for him to oppose the system when he has nothing forcing him to be a part of it.

[[StrawmanPolitical Unsympathetic examples]] of the trope will often be portrayed as being hypocritical about their wealth, criticizing other wealthy elites while sharing much of their income bracket and lifestyle, including carbon dioxide-producing air travel to far-off countries. Sympathetic portrayals will usually suggest that progressive principles and wealth aren't incompatible, and may, in fact, invoke such ideals as the "Gospel of wealth" or ''[[ComesGreatResponsibility noblesse oblige]]'' as a justification for it. They may even be portrayed as a CoolOldGuy or CoolOldLady. The Bobos themselves downplay their high status, preferring ambiguous job titles like "Creative Consultant".

[[StrawmanPolitical Unsympathetic examples]] of the trope will often be portrayed as being hypocritical about their wealth, criticizing other wealthy elites while sharing much of their income bracket and lifestyle, including carbon dioxide-producing air travel to far-off countries. Sympathetic portrayals will usually suggest that progressive principles and wealth aren't incompatible, and may, in fact, invoke such ideals as the "Gospel of wealth" or ''[[ComesGreatResponsibility noblesse oblige]]'' as a justification for it. The Bobos themselves downplay their high status, preferring ambiguous job titles like "Creative Consultant".

The Bourgeois Bohemian (or "[=BoBo=]") is what the {{Hipster}} or GranolaGirl often turns into once they've hit middle age and joined the management team, or what the NewAgeRetroHippie might have become had they not dropped out of college and joined a {{commune}} in a rural area to make pottery and [[TheStoner enjoy herbally-induced relaxation]].

Typically disdaining conventional suburban tract housing, their home might be a unique mansion in an affluent old neighborhood or a swanky condo right in the heart of the big city, but it's always decked out in exotic handcrafted decorations and artfrom around the world, often from their globe-trotting trips. As well, they have upgraded their kitchen with a granite counter and expensive appliances and renovated their bathroom with a slate-lined shower.

The Bourgeois Bohemian (or "BoBo") is what the {{Hipster}} or GranolaGirl often turns into once they've hit middle age and joined the management team, or what the NewAgeRetroHippie might have become had they not dropped out of college and joined a {{commune}} in a rural area to make pottery and [[TheStoner enjoy herbally-induced relaxation]].

The Bourgeois Bohemian is what the {{Hipster}} or GranolaGirl often turns into once they've hit middle age, or what the NewAgeRetroHippie might have become had they not dropped out of college and joined a {{commune}}.

The defining trait of Bourgeois Bohemians is that, while they belong comfortably to the upper or upper-middle class in socioeconomic terms, their tastes and values are often inherited from the counterculture and New Left movements of TheSixties. Expect for them to have very open attitudes towards religion (or the lack thereof), sexuality, and recreational drug use, and to champion various liberal or progressive causes (such as saving the rainforest or protecting endangered species in remote places).

They are very often avid consumers of culture, particularly from left-of-center, state-owned or funded media -- e.g. Creator/{{PBS}} (Public Broadcasting Service, USA), Creator/{{NPR}} (National Public Radio, USA), Creator/{{CBC}} (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Creator/TheBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), and Creator/TheABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). They typically love organic, locally sourced, hand-crafted, and artisanal products but will also often buy massively expensive tools and appliances to pursue their hobbies. Typically disdaining conventional suburban tract housing, their home might be a unique mansion in an affluent old neighborhood or a swanky condo right in the heart of the big city, but it's always decked out in exotic decorations from around the world.

[[StrawmanPolitical Unsympathetic examples]] of the trope will often be portrayed as being hypocritical about their wealth, criticizing other wealthy elites while sharing much of their income bracket and lifestyle. Sympathetic portrayals will usually suggest that progressive principles and wealth aren't incompatible, and may, in fact, invoke such ideals as the "Gospel of wealth" or ''[[ComesGreatResponsibility noblesse oblige]]'' as a justification for it.