As we drown in TV shows about scamming tech CEOs, Plemons’ megalomaniac in Netflix’s “Windfall” does a better job skewering the problematic rich than any of those true-life series
Though it’s a little too on-the-nose, this rant feels like it was ripped straight from an Elon Musk Twitter thread.When the movie nears its bloody conclusion, the CEO pleads with the Nobody to level with him. Even though this guy is broke and floundering his way out of poverty, the CEO goes to great lengths to convince him that his life’s not that bad. Hey, being rich is way worse.
“Do you wanna be me? Is that it? Because let me fucking tell you, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Try being a rich white guy these days. Everyone always thinks it must be real fucking nice,” he whines. “There’s a fucking permanent target on my back, and infinite nothing people out there just waiting for me to fail!” Sure.
Though it’s a little too on-the-nose, this rant feels like it was ripped straight from an Elon Musk Twitter thread. Plemons’ nameless CEO could be any of the billionaires among us today: Musk, Jeff Bezos, you name it. We don’t need a specific CEO to play the antagonist—any old megalomaniac will do, thank you very much.as too low-key to be a thriller, but Plemons single-handedly makes the film an enticing watch.
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