Word: lawyering
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...refined, self-involved people. Two upper-middle-class couples (transplanted, in the U.S. translation, from Paris to Brooklyn) get together in the tastefully decorated living room of one to calmly discuss how to resolve a schoolyard fracas between their two boys. One of the parents is a corporate lawyer who can't extricate himself from his cell phone. Another is a socially committed writer who proudly displays a collection of art books on the coffee table. A third is a neurotic financial adviser who, after the stress of the evening gets to her, throws up all over the art books...
...great Wizard of Wall Street. He did, however, make it clear that anyone was "free to withdraw part or all of their money" at quarterly withdrawal dates, which was a nice, reassuring touch. Giving more comfort, Chais rather breezily wrote that everything would be fine, that his son, a lawyer by training and manager of a venture-capital fund, was one of "the most thoughtful and honorable men" he knew. I can only suppose he included Madoff in that group...
...course, we know now there was no actual work going on, either by Chais' New York people (i.e. Madoff), or by himself, except collecting money and distributing money, much like Madoff and Fairfield Greenwich, and all the other feeder funds. Chais' lawyer, Eugene Licker of Loeb & Loeb, was unavailable for comment. Ezra Merkin's lawyer, Andrew Levander of Dechert LLP, was also not available for comment...
...funeral as a Yiddish rabbi—one of her many small roles in Part I, all of which are underscored by her knack for comedic timing and evocative facial expressions. It is soon revealed that the deceased is the grandmother of Louis Ironson, a neurotic gay Jewish lawyer. Gus T. Hickey ’11 uses mannerisms, including an obsessive habit of wringing his hands and wiping them on his trousers, bring out Louis’ neuroticism without overdoing it. Hickey, who is a Crimson Fifteen Minutes comper, delivered a convincing portrayal of the overly worrisome character, though...
...sewer-roving satyr-beast who terrorizes the streets of Tokyo in broad daylight—first by simply disturbing the peace, then by killing dozens with a stockpile of antique hand grenades from the Second World War. Arrested, Merde (Denis Lavant) is put on trial, defended by a French lawyer who shares his disfigurements and his inimitable language. Opening with a totally hilarious, totally confounding tracking shot of the creature wordlessly moving along a Tokyo sidewalk, stealing money and flowers to devour, the film only improves. Merde (French for “shit”) is the putrescence...