Op-Ed Friday: Missed the Meltdown? See the Movie! (or the play)

“It would be like Rome selling the Vatican to the Japanese to make it a hotel, and hiring the Pope as a bellboy,” he deadpans – from Bloomberg’s review1 of the new BBC drama "The Last Days of Lehman Brothers"

… and the NYT has the scoop2 on "American Casino" — here’s the trailer:

Any Doomers actually see these things?  Ideas for better productions?3

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[1]: "Lehman Brothers Collapses All Over Again in BBC Drama: Review", by Farah Nayeri, Bloomberg, September 4, 2009.

[2]: "Movie review — ‘American Casino’: Meltdown on Wall Street, and Homeowners Left in the Lurch on Main Street", by Stephen Holden, New York Times, September 2, 2009.

[3]: Igor’s already signed up to lay waste to a Vacantville in next summer’s big disaster blockbuster ;)

 

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2 Comments for this entry

  1. twist says:

    John-

    That American Casino movie needs to be billed as a horror flick. Clearly not a show for the faint of heart!

    Igor thinks it is sad. Maybe we shouldn’t let him go- he’s such a mess when he starts crying and his soggy tissues get stuck in his scales.

  2. MikeC says:

    First I’d heard of this movie – now I’m dying to see it!

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