![]() ![]() Loot, premiering today on Apple TV+, stars Rudolph as Molly, wife of computer and tech genius John Novak ( Adam Scott, tapping into smugness left over from Eastbound & Down and Step Brothers). But it’s odd the degree to which Loot postures as a series that cares about these issues and then retreats by crafting characters who fail to either reflect or internalize the conditions that led to this disparity. A single television show can’t solve those problems, and doing so isn’t its responsibility in the first place. ![]() The rich are getting richer faster, while millions of Americans in both rural and urban areas live paycheck to paycheck. During the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s billionaires somehow amassed $2.1 trillion more. The wealth gap between American families is widening at an alarming rate. It’s too busy elevating girlbosses, repeating Maya Rudolph’s Beyoncé impression, and making dated references to the marriage of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to seize upon any relevance to this moment, and the fact that the series is perfectly pleasant while also ideologically hollow makes that name a unique kind of betrayal. That titular noun refers to an unexpected fortune after all, the kind that comes from pillaging, plunder, perhaps even piracy, and a cunning series could link that definition to larger considerations of the current world in which we live. ![]() The name Loot belongs to a more clever, insightful show than the one to which it’s attached. ![]()
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