Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street

In the 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film The Other Guys, Will Ferrell's character is the butt of jokes for his focus on forensic accounting until he investigates a scaffolding permit violation leading to a significant plot development. This is the boring forensic accounting without accounting or development.

Irwin H. Kramer, an investment banker, is quoted here as saying "This industry is full of selfish, spoiled, overpaid people. Most of them are replaceable." That rings true when reading of these till-skimming capers of less than $100K while films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are making millions.

Also, compared to the focus of The Me Too (or #MeToo) movement following the exposure of the widespread show more sexual-abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein in early October 2017, this is pretty weak tea and the title seems like a waste of words.

544 pages to learn: In 1978, David Begelman was suspended for having embezzled money from Columbia. Alan J. Hirschfield was forced out for his refusal to reinstate him. Begelman later resigned and was replaced by Daniel Melnick in June 1978. Fay Vincent was hired to replace Hirschfield. Unless the back story and back-stabbing around Hirschfield's downfall is a really compelling topic to you, I say skip it.

What I really want to know is more on the person that stole over three times what Begelman took from Television subsidiary Screen Gems: Audrey Lisner with the mob ex-hubby and on the run! show less

Fascinating, if you're interested in the movie business and how people's opinions can be changed if they're making money.

Rated: A