Hello!

Welcome to the Working Girl episode of Slate Money Goes to the Movies.

I'm Felix Salmon of Axios.

I'm here with Anna Shamansky.

Hello.

We have the inimitable and unique Jolie Hunt from Hunton Gathers.

Jolie, introduce yourself and tell us what is this movie that we are going to be talking about.

Well, Felix, today's special is Working Girl,

a classic in my very humble opinion film from the late 80s

that was really about someone trying to make it,

in this case, Wall Street,

but really just trying to make it in the business world

and getting there through a whole

host of sexual harassment, idea, poaching. The fashion statements were remarkable. And really, I think

it's a movie about rooting for the underdog and what you can achieve if the fairy tale chips fall in

your favor, so to speak.

And it's your life, right?

This is basically the Shirley Hunt biopic.

Look, I mean, there's definitely aspects of this movie, you know, without getting out my strativarius.

I mean, you know, I had a parent who grew up in New York City and a parent who grew up

in the sticks and always dreamed of,

you know, working in that tall building in Manhattan and living the big life. And so I do think

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