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" ... Just as Hollywood sees Wall Street as a cartoon world without any moral value to civilization, novelists have had the same difficulty in being realistic and true to the culture of money. Yes, Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities"" was a more realistic satire of the mores of a large bond trading house whose inhabitants have little real understanding of the larger community in which they live and work. Using wicked irony, Wolfe has his bond trader brought down not by an inside information scandal or a manipulation of the market, but by the carelessness of injuring a young African-American male while driving through Harlem. Still and all, buffoons about whom we can feel morally superior. ... "
" ... On the surface, Kelly’s remark might seem stupid but not hostile. She spoke of the supposed innocence of blackface without an awareness of the stigma attached. She was oblivious to the legacy of whites performing as blacks in vaudeville – typically as ignorant buffoons and the convenient butts of racist jokes. [Nothing withstanding, blacks were barred from appearing in front of white audiences in many parts of the country; however, they were permitted to sit in the balcony as long as they paid for a ticket.] ... "
" ... When bankers are portrayed in the media, they're either ethically compromised narcissists (Gordon Gekko of Wall Street; Jordon Belfort of The Wolf of Wall Street) or buffoons (Milburn Drysdale of The Beverly Hillbillies). For Paul Hickman, however, banking is a "righteous career," because its focus is on helping consumers and business-owners realize their dreams. ... "