Can guess what the word is DJ.

Wartime in Europe brought stiff upper lip family films and the fifties here showed the US as an affluent nation eg supermarkets with plenty on their shelves and modern fridges whilst we had food shortage.also teenagers driving to college..this just did not happen in post war UK.
So media is slanted to what the economy is going through.
wheras alternative media..eg modern art and theatre can at times relect a "better truth".we had Kitchen sink drama for example.

one of the first lessons in some counselling training is to speak about a favourite book.,.it lends the tutor partially an insight to a trainees mind set.

Is the word you tried to mention not just another form of escapism...rather base but an ofskew fairy tale..