Reader, I put off seeing Inside Job, the Academy Award-winning documentary about the financial crisis, for a long time knowing it would make me blood boilingly, teeth gnashingly cra-zay. However this weekend I broke down, largely because I forgot to keep moving it to the bottom of my Netflix queue, it subsequently appeared in my mailbox and I didn't think I could stomach the guilt of returning it unwatched.
So yes, it was just as I imagined it would be--awful, maddening, heart-breaking, but excellent. Director Charles Ferguson did a great job of breaking down all the contributing factors that led to the entirely foreseeable and totally preventable shit storm, with a minimum of Michael Moore-style inflammatory shennanigans.
Here's Ferguson, on why he made the film and why you should watch it, despite the good possibility that you'll be thrown into a state of rageful despair:
On an unrelated note, last week the Associated Press officially dropped the hyphen in 'e-mail' in their style book. I guess this was kind of a big deal.
Showing posts with label recession. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recession. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
BoBoma and Then Some
So glad to hear the country is freaking out over the first dog, Bo, "rescued" from the Kennedys. Why, yes, Bo does have his own White House blog page, thanks for asking!
If you're at all as [eyeroll] as Professional Critic is at the furor surrounding BoBama, you'll be glad to hear there is more serious journalism afoot. Today the San Francisco Chronicle is running an article about how to be a stylish, modern man with tips most American men will find handy: how to lounge on $17, 000 sofas while listening to $6,000 stereos, contemplating your next eyebrow wax. Recession? What recession?
Oh, right. You know we're in a recession when thieves break into a home for sale and steal the staged furniture. Yes: “It’s brazen,” said D. J. Grubb, the president of the Grubb Company, a real estate agency based in Oakland. “These are highly aesthetic crimes. The thief seems to be someone with very good taste, somebody who knows that mauve is out.”
If you're at all as [eyeroll] as Professional Critic is at the furor surrounding BoBama, you'll be glad to hear there is more serious journalism afoot. Today the San Francisco Chronicle is running an article about how to be a stylish, modern man with tips most American men will find handy: how to lounge on $17, 000 sofas while listening to $6,000 stereos, contemplating your next eyebrow wax. Recession? What recession?
Oh, right. You know we're in a recession when thieves break into a home for sale and steal the staged furniture. Yes: “It’s brazen,” said D. J. Grubb, the president of the Grubb Company, a real estate agency based in Oakland. “These are highly aesthetic crimes. The thief seems to be someone with very good taste, somebody who knows that mauve is out.”
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