The
film, The Big Short was just that—it was cut too short. After a two
hour build up, the film dumps into the laps of the audience a huge
problem without resolution, except a bill. Perhaps in that manner,
the movie was seeking to act as a literal and figurative metaphor for
the fraud perpetrated by the bankers on Wall Street that came to a
head during the summer of 2008. To resolve the conflict between the
Wall Street Fraudster Bankers who still received and continue to
receive their multi-million dollar yearly bonuses, and the American
people who received foreclosure notices by the millions, lost their
jobs by the millions, and received and paid the Bankers bill by the
billions. For example, On January 21, 2016, JP Morgan Board of
Directors voted to give their CEO Jamie Dimon a bonus this year in
the amount of $27 million, up from the year before of $20 million;
while at the same time JP Morgan is laying off more than 100,000
employees. This movie was made to be an alarming indictment of our
society, but it failed to provide an answer—why did those Wall
Street Banker Fraudsters get away with their criminal activity?
The
Bankers got away with it because in order to prosecute them, it would
take political officials to indict them, but the political officials
are elected based on the Bankers contributions to their campaign
elections. If a person wants to be elected into public office, they
must be heard, and in order to be heard, they need lots of money. Who
contributes to their campaigns? The wealthiest one percent of our
populations, who include those Banker Fraudsters. The politicians are
smart enough—not to bite the hand that feeds them. Until we
massively overhaul campaign financing, this will continue to happen,
and we will continue to pay for the incompetency of Wall Street who
despite their criminal activities still want their yearly
multi-million dollar bonuses, which is paid by us, the common man.
Because
of this film’s obvious short fall, this film should not be the Best
Picture of the year, but I appreciate Hollywood enlightening the
public; I just wish they would have taken it one step further and
explained why those criminals were not prosecuted like the common man
would have been. Christian Bale does do an outstanding acting job and
is nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Brad Pitt
does an awesome job playing what appears to be himself. But of
exceptional note was the remarkable performance by Steve Carell, who
hits the actor’s ball out of the ballpark, and is not nominated for
an Oscar. Where is the oversight committee?
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