1. Noticing the differences is an offense to friendships
Most comedy films or TV shows who have interracial casts have light takes on racial jokes in which they are commonly inoffensive. 2 Broke Girls have healthy interracial casts and not only that, they also have a good take on sociopolitical matters on greyscales such as gender fluidity. Max and Caroline have a Korean boss who is always the source of their comic relief at his dispense. A Ukrainian horny chef. An old-age African-American cashier. An extravagant polish entrepreneur friend and a gay Latino as a waiter. The thing is you never know who you will work for and who you end up with. Noticing the differences no matter how you want to be politically correct is offensive itself. You are depriving them of a natural friendship that they need
2. Not because you're poor you have to be cheap
"I'm not a cheap whore, I'm just poor."
-Caroline Channing
Max and Caroline have gone through odd jobs to collect money and made every possible means to produce money, legally. In which it is a miracle they are not drug traders or hookers. Remember that time when they mistook Sophie was running prostitution? The easy money is always seductive if you want out of poverty, but you know what is waiting at the end of bread crumb trails. If you are to be successful, be successful with self-respect.
3. Every corner is an opportunity.
Max and Caroline made a pop-up sale in the bathroom. They chased their way into a party to go after Martha Stewart so she can taste their cupcake. They rented a recently vacated crime scene place to be their own shop. Caroline shoved the cupcake to her Aunt's throat. They discovered a window from storage to be their cupcake store. Opportunity sometimes shies away but sometimes you have to chase it.
4. Do it, worry about the money later.
Whenever an episode ends, it ends with the cashier ding computing the money they earned in an episode. At times, they even account for having debts on some episodes their savings bloom. You see, even poor people have the right to enjoy things in life. They also sacrifice what is left of them to make something happen even if it is party irrelevant. When Caroline encouraged Max to a pastry school even if they are going to lose their savings and that they didn't have enough money to sustain it. Caroline worked part-time for the school, by the way, to make ends meet. Particularly, there were a lot of instances where money isn't the central element of their lives.
5. You can say mean things to your friend's face but don't when their back is on you.
In season 3, Max was hit by the possible things technology can do to ruin relationships when she accidentally sent "I'm so sick of you" intending to Caroline and not sending it to the entire diner family. Caroline felt betrayed because it was the same thing that her former friends when she was rich, have done to her. Max was apologetic and even threw her phone at the frying fries to prove that she was terribly sorry.
"I always say terrible things to you, why are you upset about this?"
"Because you say them to my face, Max."
6. The Comfort Room might be the most convenient place to talk about things
Noticeably, a lot of big things happened in a small room. A lot of big breaks happen in a small space. In Season 1, they stalked Martha Stewart to the toilet to endorse their cupcake. A lot of emotional conversation happens when one of the girls drags someone or each other to the bathroom. Han and his mom had an honest talk while passing a joint in the CR. For most people, the Comfort Room is the smallest place on earth where you can be real with yourself.
7. You have to be assertive and mean even if you look uncultured if you are being stepped on
Both Caroline and Max have distinctive flaws that they carry as scars. Caroline's luxurious life was a sham and Max is white trash. 2 broke girls-only shows that not even someone who has a degrading past should be ridiculed, especially if they are making effort to revert to their past lives. The show and the girls teach you to stand up for yourself and for someone like how Max stood up for Caroline even. risking the approval of her boyfriend's parents. They do this while insulting Han.
8. No job is small
The good thing about western culture is that there is always room for development which creates multitudes of jobs and money opportunity schemes no matter how odd they may seem. Caroline and Max applied for a wide range of jobs like being drug test subjects, nannies, a cleaner and even holding official positions. There is no small job. Every legit job is as important as whatever's job is higher in the pyramid.
9. Being poor isn't an excuse not to be charitable.
You can be charitable and do little things that you may come up with. People who have lesser things are much more generous than people who have too much. This is because of the true power of empathy. They know how it feels like to have less or nothing. In 2 broke girls, they aided people who have less in terms of money or by solely their skills. Also, remember when Caroline convinced a beggar to invest his remaining dollars in their burgeoning company? I don't know, but that doesn't count. Or maybe, who knows?
10. Cut corners of your life so you can fund your dream.
Every choice is a sacrifice, a never-ending one.
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