{"id":9315,"date":"2022-11-11T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=9315"},"modified":"2022-11-11T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:34:22","slug":"samla2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/conferences\/samla2022\/","title":{"rendered":"South Atlantic MLA Conference 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Neoliberal Values in Entertainment Media: Complacency in Showtime\u2019s Billions<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Updated title since proposing this presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preface<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is too difficult to analyze both Billions<\/em> and Succession<\/em> in a short presentation. In fact, it’s difficult to do Billions justice when considering it’s had 6 seasons. Although the two shows are certainly related, Succession<\/em> has a sinister familial drama that requires a psychoanalytic reading to best compare it to Billions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still from the opening credits of Billions<\/em>, Showtime.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some Tenets of Neoliberalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Markets should drive all economic decisions;<\/li>
  2. Anti-collective bargaining, anti-union;<\/li>
  3. Calls for limited government, but these are empty calls;<\/li>
  4. Socialize risks but privatize the profits: think \u201ctoo big to fail\u201d and guaranteed revenue for, say, a public-private partnership on toll lanes;<\/li>
  5. An expansion of the capitalist push to commodify nearly everything.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A Few Other Points to Consider<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n