How To Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Insights from Adam McKay's New Show About Money
The Big Short director continues his run of humorously explaining the world of global economics.
At the aircraft boneyard in Mojave, Calif.
Photographer: Aaron EpsteinThis Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy, the new documentary series now available on Amazon Prime, takes viewers to some surprising spots: a wave-battered rock in the Atlantic, where two Spaniards struggle to forage gooseneck barnacles for restaurants; a Czech monastery decorated with 60,000 skulls; a resort in Phuket, Thailand, where host Kal Penn sits down for champagne and a pedicure.
Executive produced by Adam McKay, whose film Vice was nominated for Best Picture at the 2019 Academy Awards, the eight-part series aims to please, and not just with exotic locations. Penn goofs around on camera, tossing off bad jokes about sex and death as he roams the planet. One recurring image shows him stepping out of a private jet that turns out to be a kid-sized plane on a ladder at a playground.