Can Hollywood Sell Tickets to Today's Economy Show?
Talk about a blast from the past. In watching "Barbarians at the Gate" over the weekend, I was struck by several things. First of all, this 1993 movie is a thoroughly entertaining hour and a half. Second, dollar amounts deemed to be whopping at the time seem downright puny today. What's that you say - $20 billion for a leveraged buyout. Peanuts my friend. Could we really call those days the good old times? Oh dear - what a legacy to leave our youngsters.
Turn the clock ahead and we have a veritable cornucopia of financial decision-makers with their own stories to tell. Imagine what a great casting agent and screenwriter could do with today's web of mystique and power.
Get the popcorn out.
