...I really must see this ... boo hoo.
Zachary Quinto is ridiculously sexy! Robert Downey Jr....is pure sex!
A perfect example of tall poppy syndrome. If you don't know what that means heres the definition. "a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticised because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers". Its not like these guys were just handed high payed jobs, most of them had worked at the company for years. Chris Coopers character had started blue collar in the shipyards and worked his way up from there, enabling him to have a nice house and send his kids to college. Ben Affleck's character had gotten an MBA, something that takes a fair bit of academic effort to attain. What do you do for a living? Pour hot water through coffee beans?
shareI pretty much agree. Never heard of the term "tall poppy syndrome" but I have a feeling it'll become part of my vocabulary.
You know, though, I'll admit when I first saw the movie, I too sort of wondered how in the world you could pitch a script about wealthy men losing their jobs. Not exactly an intuitively successful box office formula is it.
And maybe that's true as far as it goes. Even so, I now think that the folks who made this movie took a very necessary creative risk in order to grapple with things you just plain old couldn't get at otherwise.
Namely this. If this is a movie about men and work ... which it is IMHO ... then a key issue has to be how some (many? most?) men bring to their work a strong desire to do something big and successful.
Men's approach to work has often (not always) involved the ambition to do something big, wanting to compete and take on big challenges and big risks in hope of making it big. Wanting to do something that makes a difference.
That's definitely not the only "issue" involved in men and work, but it's a big one, and I just don't see how it could be approached without taking an unapologetic look at ambitious, hard-working, successful men for whom these things matter and matter greatly. And by looking at these characters not when they are on the "upswing" but rather when their world comes crashing down around them ... and looking at how they cope with savage reverses of fortune, and how they move forward again despite their losses - I think that makes for a very very successful setting for a storyline that looks at the whole range of complex issues involved in men & work.
The Ben Affleck character at the end - beaten down & chastened, but overcoming all temptations to despair; instead getting together a new enterprise, and charging out to take on the world once again: that's a character that most men and women will look at with hope and admiration. I know I sure do.
Charles Delacroix
Amen to your eloquent post, CDelacroix. I think the OP author was stirring up *beep* to distract from the profound truth of "The Company Men".
I'm sure most intelligent viewers perceived the depth of the men's stories and also perceived that the damage of unemployment effected their wives, children and communities.
The OP is just garbage meant to distract us from look,ing at the truth and doing something to change things. ;)
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And I feel sorry for actresses who can't get roles. Which means they aren't really actresses?
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T----R----O----L----L !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but you are so right; it WOULD have been better if it was black men losing their jobs. so... I AGREE WITH YOU!!!
(thanks for making me think about that!)
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behold, sublime genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLPe0fHuZsc
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I posted on this board about regular working actors having a even harder time now because film actors are going to TV because film is having problems and TV shows are getting elbowed out by reality TV/game shows still,
so denise...
whatever color / stripe/ polka dot
we may be
we are all still going down in flames....
we have not hit bottom yet
when we do, you'll notice all sorts of colors in the mix.
I'm brave but honest enough to be scared.
Whatever anyone makes is what they're used to making and living on. So because you're not in their income bracket, it's less sad?
How little does someone need to make to deserve your compassion? Is it less sad when white people lose their jobs than others?
You're clearly out of your league here little girl. Try sticking to subjects you can speak intelligently on, if any. You sound like an idiot.
Can people stop with the racism against white men? This is ridiculous.
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