Billions
January / February, 2016
• Hollywood generally either glamorizes the one percent as capitalist superheroes ( Wall Street) or vilifies them as nihilistic pigs (The Wolf of Wall Street). Showtime's superb new drama Billions immediately distinguishes itself by taking a much more measured approach. The setup lends itself to cliche: Righteous U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) methodically works to expose the financial trickery of self-made hedge fund mogul Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis). In the era of Bernie Sanders,...
