Shipwrecks and reality checks: the films setting out to skewer the rich
Aug 23, 2022
3 minutes
At the end of March 2020, the billionaire David Geffen posted images from of Rising Sun, his 454ft, $400m superyacht, accompanied by a message reassuring the world that he was “avoiding the virus” and “hoping everybody is staying safe”. The post resulted in a barrage of replies. One said: “It’s like he wants to be first on the list for when the peasants revolt.” Others, which were accompanied by the hashtag #EatTheRich, forced him to change his Instagram settings to private.
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