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Church Street Laurinburg, NC 910-277-8588 www.kimbrells.com Page 2 — Saturday, January 19, 2019 — Laurinburg Exchange Fall Street: Showtime offers a darkly comic look at the 1987 stock market crash By Kenneth Andeel for “Black Monday” are an abso- TV Media lute cavalcade of stereotypes and symbols. umbered among the worst We have the big suits, the big Nstock market crashes in history hair, lycra bodysuits, aerobics rou- is the October 1987 event that tines, cassette tapes, Walkmans, came to be known by the catchy, Lamborghinis, clouds of cocaine not-at-all-scary nickname “Black and indoor ashtrays — all staged Monday.” On that day, a compli- in a richly realized vision of 1980s cated web of market forces, includ- New York, before it was diligently ing insufficient regulation, interna- scrubbed, sanitized and gentrified tional conflict and group psycholo- in order to play better to tourists in gy, came to a head in a market de- the 1990s. The trailer glories in its cline that was — and remains — period piece trappings, and the the largest single-day decline in show is absolutely worth checking the history of the Dow Jones Indus- out for the look and feel alone. trial Average. That said, there is a lot to be said Now, 30 odd years after that for the other aspects of the series frightening day, Showtime has dra- as well. As mentioned, the cast is, matized the events leading up to it like, radical, man. Cheadle has in an 10-part ‘80s-licious series been one of Hollywood’s most con- called (you guessed it) “Black sistently excellent performers for a Monday.” The show is loaded with long time now, turning in seeming- top-notch talent that includes Don ly effortless, deep and nuanced Cheadle (“Avengers: Infinity War,” performances no matter what kind 2018), Andrew Rannells (“Girls”), of script he’s handed. Regina Hall (“Insecure”) and His main support comes from Casey Wilson (“Happy Endings”), Hall and Rannells, both of whom and it premieres Sunday, Jan. 20, have capable, understated come- on Showtime. dic chops and are clearly solid The series is described as “the choices to thrive inside the show’s story of how a group of outsiders preposterously comic outlook. Wil- took on the blue-blood, old-boys son is a recurring guest star, and club of Wall Street and ended up she steals scene after scene with crashing the world’s largest finan- her hilarious, doe-eyed intensity. cial system.” So while the intricate “Black Monday” also features a causes of the real-life 1987 crash seriously impressive roster of sup- Casey Wilson in a scene from “Black Monday” are still vigorously debated by eco- porting players and guest stars, in- tions of society at large if their All told, “Black Monday” seems nomics professors, it seems like the cluding Paul Scheer (“The greed or gambling goes too far is a to have the right combination of fictionalized version presents League”), Melissa Rauch (“The Big risk in and of itself. But “Black timeliness, style, acting and pro- viewers with a much more specific Bang Theory”), Bruce Dern (“The Monday” appears to be a vicious duction value to emerge as an ear- set of causes — and causers. Hateful Eight,” 2015), Ken Marino send-up of those callous Wall ly hit in 2019. Whether you’re in it The tone of “Black Monday” (“Party Down”) and Horatio Sanz Street speculators, and television for a history lesson, the laughs, or might surprise anyone expecting a (“Saturday Night Live”), all of viewers in 2019 are primed to be just a chance to bask in the bygone somber treatment of a historical whom are capable of doing a lot especially receptive to a cinematic excesses of the 1980s, this series is event that caused real, lasting eco- with a little, and turning in memo- lambasting of the stereotypical worth a watch. Tune in to see ev- rable performances with charac- nomic pain, but the series’ prove- shortsighted, greedy businessman erything come crashing down ters who may not see a lot of nance explains its darkly comic playing perilous games with other when “Black Monday” premieres screen time. take on the stock market disaster. people’s money. Sunday, Jan. 20, on Showtime. “Black Monday” is executive pro- The past work of Rogen and duced by a team that includes Seth Goldberg has shown that they Rogen and his longtime creative have more than a little interest in partner Evan Goldberg, a duo re- offering social commentary, even if BREEDEN’S sponsible for such absurdist come- it comes filtered through a layer of dies as “Superbad” (2007), “Pine- loud and ludicrous comedy. “Black QUALITY MEATS apple Express” (2008) and the on- Monday” promises to hold true to going comic book-to-television ad- that trend. 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