Greed Is Good
- Episode aired May 12, 2016
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Jim Bakker
- Self - Televangelist
- (archive footage)
Tammy Faye Bakker
- Self - Televangelist
- (archive footage)
Charles Bierbauer
- Self - CNN
- (archive sound)
Ivan Boesky
- Self - Arbitrageur
- (archive footage)
Ray Brady
- Self - CBS News
- (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
- Self - NBC News
- (archive footage)
George Bush
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as President George H.W. Bush)
Richard Celeste
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Gov. Richard Celeste)
John Chancellor
- Self - NBC News
- (archive footage)
Connie Chung
- Self - CBS News
- (archive footage)
Alan Cranston
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Sen. Alan Cranston)
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Avarice takes the wheel
'Greed is Good' carries on this miniseries' proud tradition of verging on buzzkill (c'mon, the '80s were awesome, right?), but there's a distinct watchability to this.
Scandalous to its core, this is a story of vile bankers an con-man televangelists all trying to swindle sweet old gram-grams out of her life savings; even while the nation can't find work. And I think that narrative's a little too convenient (no, I'm not defending the Gordon Gekkos of the world) . . . but the pacing on this bad-boy is superb! Wall-to-wall scandals, 20th century robber-barons, a culture of self-gratification. In the end, the hangover was rough (and most of the bad guys were handcuffed), but what a party.
8/10
Scandalous to its core, this is a story of vile bankers an con-man televangelists all trying to swindle sweet old gram-grams out of her life savings; even while the nation can't find work. And I think that narrative's a little too convenient (no, I'm not defending the Gordon Gekkos of the world) . . . but the pacing on this bad-boy is superb! Wall-to-wall scandals, 20th century robber-barons, a culture of self-gratification. In the end, the hangover was rough (and most of the bad guys were handcuffed), but what a party.
8/10
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- Mar 26, 2017
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