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HBO’s Industry Makes Banking Sexy, With Real-World Treachery
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0:46Now PlayingCo-Creators of HBO’s "Industry" speak with Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Markets ahead of this Sunday's season premiere.
Just how realistic is Industry, HBO’s hopped-up, oversexed, deeply corrupt drama depicting the finance industry? In many ways, it’s completely over the top—Boogie Nights with Bloomberg terminals. But in others, according to Wall Street insiders who are among the show’s biggest fans, it’s very, very real.
The series, now in its third season, takes place in the London office of the fictional US investment bank Pierpoint & Co. There’s harassment and abuse (sexual and psychological), disregard for securities laws, mountains of blow and constant hookups with colleagues and clients.
Co-creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay say one viewer told them they’d made banking sexy again. And they’re often approached by people who tell them a certain character on the show “is quite clearly me.” But they profess to be surprised—though they shouldn’t be—that Industry has become something of a finance industry recruitment tool.
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