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Holden 2022-03-24 09:01:37
Professor investment analysis showed us a short clip because of trading pit, and finally watched the whole film by himself. It turns out that there are so many breast-exposing parts in the front. I feel embarrassed when I think of the professor watching it (what are you embarrassed about...). I don't know what the professor thinks of the characterization inside as a hedge fund manager? The movie expresses a very cruel reality in the form of comedy, and it does it so powerfully that it really makes people forget this cruel reality, maybe thanks to the happy ending at the end? I think the cruelest point is that Valentine is almost the only black person in the entire film of Duke & Duke. Thinking of the career events or info sessions of ib or consulting at school, black people are almost never seen, which is really embarrassing. As a duke said, "i will not let a negro run my business." After decades, America is still the same, maybe this is the most fundamental human nature (not only for the vested interests, but for all People who become vested interests may become like this).
Extended Reading
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Louis Winthorpe III: [after trading ends on FCOJ, he and Billy Ray are quickly finalizing up some last minute sales. Once they're finished, they both look up to see the cost at 29. They then look at one another and scream in celebration and hug. After they're finished, they see the Dukes looking at them] Happy New Year!
Randolph Duke: [He drops their now-worthless sales papers on the floor]
[hoarsely]
Randolph Duke: Winthorpe.
Mortimer Duke: [stunned] Valentine.
Billy Ray Valentine: Hey! How'd y'all make out today?
Mortimer Duke: How could you do this to us after everything we've done for you?
Billy Ray Valentine: Oh, see, I made Louis a bet here. See, Louis bet me that we couldn't both get rich and put y'all in the poor house at the same time. He didn't think we could do it. I won.
Louis Winthorpe III: [grinning] I lost.
[Pulls it out of his breast pocket and shows it]
Louis Winthorpe III: One dollar.
Billy Ray Valentine: [Accepting it] Thank you, Louis.
Louis Winthorpe III: After you.
Billy Ray Valentine: Certainly.
[They both leave with Billy Ray doing Eddie's "laugh" and Lewis giving the Dukes the Aykroyd "stare"]
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Randolph Duke: Exactly why do you think the price of pork bellies is going to keep going down, William?
Billy Ray Valentine: Okay. Pork belly prices have been dropping all morning, which means that everybody's waiting for it to hit rock bottom so they can buy cheap and go long. Which means that the people who own the pork belly contracts are goin' bat-shit. They're saying, "Hey, we're losing all our goddamn money, and Christmas is just around the corner, and I ain't gonna have no money to buy my son the G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip, right? And my wife won't f... my wife won't make love to me 'cuz I ain't got no money, right?" So they're panicking right now, they're screaming "SELL! SELL!" to get out before the price keeps dropping. They're panicking out there right now! I can feel it! They out there!
Randolph Duke: [on the ticker machine, the price keeps dropping] He's right, Mortimer! My God, look at it!
Billy Ray Valentine: I'd wait until you get to around sixty-four, THEN I'd buy. You'll have cleared out all the suckers by then.
Randolph Duke: This is Randolph Duke. Advise our clients interested in bellies to buy at sixty-four. Mr. Valentine has set the price.
[He punches up the numbers on his calculator]
Randolph Duke: Do you realize how much money he just saved us?
Mortimer Duke: Money isn't everything, Randolph!