Four Stars: ˜˜˜˜One of the Coen Brothers’ first films, this 1994 satire of industry takes place in the 1950s. After the death of their president, a scheming board promotes a kid from the mailroom to run the company so that it will fail and they can buy the stock themselves. A fast-talking, career-gal reporter latches onto the story, but Norville Barnes has a few tricks up his shoe: namely, inventing the hula hoop. Potshots at big business and witty dialogue round out this corporate comedy gem, previewing the Coens later successes.
MEMORABLE QUOTES
“This is a face only a mother could love—on pay day!”
“Only a numbskull thinks he knows things about things he knows nothing about.”
“That gag’s got whiskers on it!”
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