First, it seems that this 70-year-old movie could not be more timely. The choice between being a successful Wall Street banker or following one’s muse is, as they used to say in old movie trailers, “ripped from today’s headlines.” Is greed (and its potential for corruption) good? Of course, we all wish we could be Cary Grant. Even he expressed that desire. Since we’re not, and few of us can do the back flips he (as an ex-acrobat) performs, is Cukor and Barry’s deck stacked against the banking choice? As Dana Carvey’s Church Lady said, “You be the judge.”
