Slumdog.....Billionaire?

So my first feelings after reading this piece were awkward and really uncomfortable. It just came off as really strange so I didn't blog immediately after reading. Instead, I thought it over and realized that maybe it wasn't so strange, maybe I was put off by it because it was just delivered unexpectantly. The basic summary is that a couple of Old Money billionaires, Packer and Evelyn, led very busy, very empty lives. They see friends of theirs dressed like hobos drinking a mixture of different alcohols and having sex on the street. They are told that this is the newest fad. So one day, they try it themselves and they love it. They feel more alive than they ever have. However, they know this will not last, that they will have to return to their high class superficial lives of silent auctions and banquets and what not. Before they can return to normalcy, they witness a naked girl being kidnapped and her ear being ripped off, begging them to help her. They didn't want to be degraded by revealing their strange circumstances so they don't say anything and a few days later the girl winds up dead. Shortly after that, Packer and Inky are also murdered for witnessing the event. So now Evelyn doesn't leave her house, never deals with the news, and sends checks to all of the causes she did before because she still wants to help. I thought this was stupid and that's why I felt weird about it. Obviously, you can see the character or identity in Packer and Evelyn. They want to help stupid causes (that kind of sounded fake to me) they aren't really involved in but when it came down to helping someone in real need what did they do? They waited it out to see what would happen to the girl and when she died they didn't mind (or seem to mind) that much. Then Packer was murdered for witnessing the kidnapping and Evelyn is sad but continues in her stupid ways waiting for the murderer to come for her. I like the style of writing and the point it got across I just really hated the storyline which conveyed the authors point.