On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) celebrate the end of the writers strike and ask a very important question: what the heck took so long for the studio execs to sit down and work out a deal with the writers? Then they review Dumb Money, Craig Gillespie’s look at the pandemic-era bubble surrounding meme stock AMC. As an underdog-beating-the-big-guys story, it’s … eh. But as a pandemic movie and an examination of the ways in which it made us all go a little nuts, it’s really quite interesting. Make sure to swing by Bulwark+ on Friday for our bonus episode about the end of prestige TV and the retrenchment to more populist fare. And if you enjoyed this episode, make sure to share it with a friend!
Lily Loofbourow has a fantastic new piece out today on ‘post-Peak TV’ in WaPo that would be worth discussing either for ATMA or TBGTH….hoping you do it, or at least throw us TV-focused hoi polloi some digital bones.
I haven’t seen “Dumb Money”, but when I first heard about I thought that the story didn’t rise to level of being a movie. I enjoyed your conversation and take on it!
Our three commentators exhibited an amazing amount of empathy this episode, adding unusually deep insight to both its subjects (the WGA strike settlement and "Dumb Money."
It's true, I am mostly known for my lovable empathy.
Like an iron glove on a furrowed brow...