rant · moment 19 of 21
Money Monster and Hollywood's Fake Working-Class Sob Stories
from The Pilot! · #15
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4 minTim tears into the George Clooney film Money Monster for its lazy 'noble janitor duped by Wall Street' narrative, contrasts it with the real complexity of financial crises like Iceland's, and rants about Clooney lecturing Americans about Trump from the Cannes Film Festival.
- 53:52Money Monster trailer depicts hardworking janitors duped by Wall Street villains who bought houses they shouldn't have, but janitors already have pensions and don't invest in the market.
- 54:32The movie shows a working-class guy with a bomb confronting George Clooney's finance guru character, with the girlfriend saying on the phone that the money was all they had.
- 55:19Hollywood sells these stupid narratives because it's the laziest writing—the girlfriend's line is exactly what they think working people will buy.
- 55:46Real issues like financial crises exist, but Hollywood filters them into oversimplified stories instead of letting people seek out their own answers and do research.
- 56:18Tim compares the 2008 crisis to Iceland's collapse, where everyone got free college and became bankers instead of factory workers, accelerating the same greed in three years.
- 57:01Greed isn't exclusive to Americans or rich people—it's human nature, and Iceland proved that when given the opportunity.
- 57:12Tim says he's sick of George Clooney making political pronouncements like his Trump prediction, telling him to shut up at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 57:48He wants Trump to win so celebrities making thirty million dollars a movie will finally leave the country after lecturing people, though they never actually do.
George ClooneyMoney MonsterWall StreetIcelandfinancial crisis