A new film directed by George Clooney has an interesting dynamic going on—audiences seem to love The Boys in the Boat (with a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes ), while.
Hollywood loves a heroic capitalist, writes Noah Berlatsky, but what makes ‘Ferrari’ different is how much blunter the film is about the worst-case results of capitalist exploitation.
Most people have at some point tried very hard at something they cared about without ever achieving great success, writes Noah Berlatsky, but that’s not normal in Hollywood - which, as shown in ‘The Boys in the Boat’ - focuses almost exclusively on the outlier underdogs, who try and try and then have unlikely overwhelming success.
Most people have at some point tried very hard at something they cared about without ever achieving great success, writes Noah Berlatsky, but that’s not normal in Hollywood - which, as shown in ‘The Boys in the Boat’ - focuses almost exclusively on the outlier underdogs, who try and try and then have unlikely overwhelming success.
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