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Its not a documentary, which is what youd expect.
(I know the subject sounds dry, but everyone has to watch this!
Its why there are so many billionaires but our schools have no books!)
But Soderbergh and Burns like Adam McKay withThe Big Short want to go wider than an educated niche market.
Meryl Streep is the commercial hook.
(Its all veryPoseidon Adventurelike, if your SS Poseidon is a cabin cruiser.)
Burnss stroke of brilliance is in making the villains of the story our loquacious hosts.
(The free state of Delaware!)
I followed few of the specifics but got the gist.
The gist is hard to miss.
A colleague has referred toThe Laundromatas a poor mansThe Big Short.
(I kid!)
Those actors dont play down to their characters.
Happily, there are whistle-blowers.
As for the one in the headlines now, he deserves no less than Daniel Day-Lewis.
