What Is Kurt Russell’s ‘The Barefoot Executive’ About?
Raffles' first pick for success is a film calledDevil Dan.
Steven tries to tell the connection executives that it will be a hit, but is brushed aside.
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Undaunted, Steven sneaks into the broadcast center and switches the reels so thatDevil Danis aired.
The executives are enraged at Steven’s antics, but he’s proved right whenDevil Danis indeed a hit.
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Spader had second thoughts about working on the Roland Emmerich sci-fi movie, and Russell wasn’t having it.
It’s just one of many moments that the film uses tomake satirical jabs at connection executives.
When it becomes clear that’s not going to change, they want to copy his formula for success.
Or conversely, to quoteSyndrome fromThe Incredibles, “When everyone is super, no one will be.”
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The Barefoot Executive follows a young and ambitious television studio mailroom clerk who discovers that a chimpanzee has an uncanny ability to predict top-rated TV shows. As the clerk leverages this unique insight to climb the corporate ladder, the film explores themes of ambition and comedic corporate antics.
