The Big Short

[kelber at mindspring.com]

How would it be if they said, " this stuff is so easy to understand, we're going to have a black guy explain it to you. " Could you rationalize that?



Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

>Laura,
>
>"Sometimes one just has to stand naked"---Dylan.
>Metaphor! Metaphor!
>
>I wrote a longer piece this morn on my reaction but
>I'll just say, I'm sorry I failed you....I did like it too.
>
>Rationalized the bubbles scene as a kind of Coen Bros metajoke
>and we saw nothing, nothing...
>and just figured the lap dancer scene was right from the book.
>(a naive sexist too probably).
>
>Ryan Gosling turned me on more than the women and I'm not that way, just
>sayin'. (Although some say as men get older.......)
>
>On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The script may be sexist and typo-riddled, but the movie is freaking
>> fantastic. Better than The Wolf of Wall Street while performing some
>> of the same tricks. More than an engrossing bit of entertainment, it
>> also works as a public service.
>>
>> It's fucking great. Don't let anybody tell you different.
>>
>> J
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