Written by Abby Isadora Haydon at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
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The scene opens in a steam room of the spa at the La Cumbra Country Club in Santa Barbara. There are three women wrapped\u00a0 in towels, sitting near each other. As the camera comes closer, the audience can tell they are middle aged, pleasingly plump women.\u00a0 \u00a0One looks a bit bored and starts to talk.<\/p>\n
EDNA: Hey Phyllis, did you see that new movie Greed?<\/p>\n
PHYLLIS: No, is it good?<\/p>\n
This perks up the third woman who quickly answers.<\/p>\n
SYLVIA:\u00a0 I did. I felt like it was a waste of ticket money.\u00a0 I didn’t like it.<\/p>\n
PHYLLIS: Why?<\/p>\n
EDNA: I didn’t think it was that bad! It wasn’t the best movie I have ever seen, but I enjoyed seeing all the\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 displays of extreme wealth.<\/p>\n
PHYLLIS” What is it about?<\/p>\n
Edna and Sylvia look at each other and Sylvia gives her a nod.<\/p>\n
EDNA: It is about a guy who is super rich. He is turning 60 and decides to have a big birthday bash on a\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Greek island.\u00a0 He flys in a lot of people to celebrate with him.\u00a0 As the movie opens they are all arriving.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Even though his name is Mc Creadie, everyone in the movie calls him Greedy because of his horrible\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0business practices.<\/p>\n
SYLVIA: Yeah, I couldn’t believe that guy. He wants his ex-wife and his kids to be there. But then he has the nerve\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to\u00a0 bring along a tart that is a third of his age. I do have to say that the ex wife handled it better than I\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0would.<\/p>\n
EDNA:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The party has a Roman theme. In the beginning we see that he\u00a0 is having a replaca of the\u00a0 Collusium in\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rome built for the occasion.\u00a0 \u00a0When it is finished it wil be complete with an old,\u00a0 tired- looking lion.<\/p>\n
SYLVIA: I thought the guys building the Collusium were the only really funny part of the movie. They played off\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0each other very well.<\/p>\n
EDNA:\u00a0 \u00a0 I did find it annoying that whoever edited it kept cutting to many different times and events in Greedy’s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0life. It was hard to keep track of the timeline.<\/p>\n
SYLVIA:\u00a0 Greedy was worse than Donald Trump! He kept buying businesses for millions of dollars and then\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 they went belly up time and time again. Yet he just kept getting more money.<\/p>\n
EDNA:\u00a0 \u00a0 My problem with the movie was that I just couldn’t hate him. No matter how many bad business\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 deals he defaulted on, Steve Coogan just came off as a nice guy who was overwhelmed.<\/p>\n
PHYLLIS: Dispite all you have said I still want to see it. I love movies that show the “Lifestyles of the Rich and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Famous”. Don’t tell me the end.<\/p>\n
SYLVIA:\u00a0 \u00a0 You can probably figure it out from what we have said so far, but ENJOY!<\/p>\n
Edna and Sylvia start to laugh and Phyllis joins in.<\/p>\n
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