GetAtMe

Man I’m a Bobby Axelrod fan (character from the Showtime series Billions).  Bobby is that dude.  This show covers many of today’s society’s misunderstanding of the drivingly wealthy (like becoming wealthy now is a bad thing…).  There has become some underlying thought process in society that if a person has become wealthy that somehow they cheated or went around the rules.  This show deals with that perception  and the pissing battle that ensues when a politically and  power driven prosecutor (Chuck Rhoades) is determined to bring down this powerful hedgefund manager (Bobby Axelrod) like he’s some sort of big game prize.  The twist and turn in this show makes for great TV.  Paul Giamatti and Damien Lewis were great cast as these actors.   As these powerful players who are on a catastrophic course to try and outdo or undo the other.

Bobby Axelrod is a real heroic character that built his thing from the ground up playing by the same rules that all of the players play by on Wall Street.  Why is he such a target for Chuck Rhoades?  Power, that it.  The powerful trophy of bagging the biggest prize in the game (no matter what it cost…).  Many times in this show Bobby Axelrod is presented with the “dirt” solution and everytime he passes (a fact that I feel many viewers pass over “You always have a choice…”).  “You always have a choice…” is a phrase he echoes constantly on the show like a wise sage to those who around him who have to make a tough choices.  The writer’s have made Axelrod so romantically charming and noble that’s it’s really hard to judge him on his questionable behavior as a trader.  Bobby Axelrod comes off as a great guy that you would love to drink beers with in a jersey bar.

I appreciate the Billion’s folks from Showtime for giving me this BILLION DOLLAR TWEET, but I really thank them for providing me with some really great TV with a story that has some bite and provokes us to think about some things and our perceptions of power, money and achievement.  Man I’ll accept a check from Bobby Axelrod any day.

#GetAtMe