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...They are interested in trying to rehabilitate themselves,” said Fried, noting that the organization has suffered criticism for its handling of the Madoff fraud and the Bank of America litigations. “They have to show that they can shoot straight and that they have a role to play...
...being overdramatic?” asks Louise Harrington (Kelly E. Perron ’11)—mother of the fractious, dysfunctional family which “Five Finger Exercise” centers around—of her daughter’s tutor Walter (Noah J. Madoff ’12). “No,” he replies, “No, I don’t.” Walter’s acceptance of the melodramatic could be a motto for this production of the play, which emphasizes the satirical, over-the-top aspects...
...artificial upper-class airs of Louise with panache. While the cast occasionally misses the script’s dramatic peaks, especially in the slow-boiling first act, by the play’s climatic moments they’ve settled into their characters. As the simmering tension finally explodes, Madoff and DaSilva in particular provide a deeply affecting finale that gets the play’s significant messages across effectively, if unsubtly...
Because the author was a would-be Madoff whistle-blower, you might expect his anger to be pointed at the Ponzi king. In fact, the unrelenting Markopolos aims it at the Securities and Exchange Commission. For 10 years, the author, a quantitative analyst, tried unsuccessfully to convince the agency that Madoff was a crook. When the latter's racket was revealed in 2008, says Markopolos, "it was exactly as I had warned the government of the United States approximately $55 billion earlier...
Being the Cassandra in a scandal is no fun. At least give the author a starring role in the Madoff movie...