From ‘Fair Play’ to ‘Flower Moon’: Timely Tales Tackling Inequality and Fighting Corporations Will Resonate During Awards Season
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Oscars love it when a movie sticks it to the man. Films focusing on systemic inequality, or the monied elite’s morally murky ways, arrive as many industry voters have spent the better part of the year on the picket lines, holding out for a better contract from studios.
These movies could strike an emotional chord with Academy members when they cast their ballots. Although the titles vying for Oscars have nothing to do with fights over streaming residuals, they reflect a growing dissatisfaction with the chasm that exists between the 1% and those of us lacking trust funds and Swiss bank accounts. Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
Take “Dumb Money,” which focuses on ragtag investors who put the squeeze on hedge funds that bet that GameStop’s shares would keep plunging.
The script from writers and executive producers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo shines a light on the uneven playing field between billionaires and working-class Americans just trying to stay afloat.
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