I am currently re-watching GoT Season 8 . It was a great show, as millions around the world know it. There’s nothing else good to watch, HBO is going going from great (Game of Thrones) to shitty. Next month, they’re releasing a show about “investment bankers lives” based on a formula by two rookie investment bankers, names Konrad Kay and Mickey Down. It should be dully noted these guys never made it past three years in banking, yet the’re producing a series. A series about Gen Z “investment bankers.” More like Excel Monkeys because that’s what we call them.
“Young, ambitious, and insecure” is the moniker for this show which…I’m not going to watch. This is a time waster for me, like most shows on TV these days.
The WSJ did a piece about it October 29, 2020.
“She’s very good and she’s meant to be in these rooms, but she comes from humble beginnings so there’s an imposter’s syndrome.” -Myhal’a Herold about her character Harper.
WSJ, John Jurgensen, Oct. 29th, 2020
One of the dumbshits who’ve made the show:
“The way my desk was structured, you could see your career progression across the room, the Vp on one end and the managing director on the other,” Mr. Downs said. “I left, but I think I would have been pushed…I was really, really not very good at it.”
WSJ
Good. Which qualifies you for nothing. And now you’ve made a movie. Which nobody’s gonna watch.
Meanwhile, I have a movie idea that’s 100% solid and has nothing to do with romanticizing banking careers.
Until Hollywood finally wakes up to making a good movie, I’m re-watching GoT and other movies worth watching.