No, the title is not a rhetorical question; it's my shrug to rich people getting ripped off by another rich person. They gambled their money and they lost. Why cry for them? They certainly didn't cry for regular people who are victims of Wall Street's greed and lack of ethics every single day of the year.
Honestly, I had to laugh out loud when at the beginning of the series they had jilted investors comparing Madoff to a serial killer. Wow. The guy ripped off the rich, who regularly rip off just about everyone else and think nothing of it. When the predators become prey, I laugh.
Ok, rant out of the way. Is this documentary good? Yes. It not only gives us a good background on Madoff and the circumstances - the unethical conducts and people on Wall Street - that allowed for him to con so many people, but also an indictment on the American culture that absolutely worships money.
It's particularly telling that Madoff sees success in terms of only money - so his parents were a failure despite that they managed to raise a kid, educate him, and kept him out of poverty. Sadly, this view is shared by so many others on Wall Street and elsewhere. It is they who enabled Madoff.
It's also telling that Madoff is known for his bullying behavior and how it's excused or ignored by those around him, because he's successful (i.e. Rich). The lesson should be that when you worship money as your God and the rich as the high priests, you will be burned. But I doubt many people will learn.
Honestly, I had to laugh out loud when at the beginning of the series they had jilted investors comparing Madoff to a serial killer. Wow. The guy ripped off the rich, who regularly rip off just about everyone else and think nothing of it. When the predators become prey, I laugh.
Ok, rant out of the way. Is this documentary good? Yes. It not only gives us a good background on Madoff and the circumstances - the unethical conducts and people on Wall Street - that allowed for him to con so many people, but also an indictment on the American culture that absolutely worships money.
It's particularly telling that Madoff sees success in terms of only money - so his parents were a failure despite that they managed to raise a kid, educate him, and kept him out of poverty. Sadly, this view is shared by so many others on Wall Street and elsewhere. It is they who enabled Madoff.
It's also telling that Madoff is known for his bullying behavior and how it's excused or ignored by those around him, because he's successful (i.e. Rich). The lesson should be that when you worship money as your God and the rich as the high priests, you will be burned. But I doubt many people will learn.