Did someone say "economic meltdown"? You wouldn't know it from the youth-driven pop entertainment currently topping the charts. Conceived and put into production well before the Dow plunged below 10,000, this patently escapist fare might seem stunningly ill-timed. But as the latest sales figures, television ratings and box-office grosses attest, ogling the consumption of the mega-rich retains a near-prurient allure.
