Dumb Money is the Funko Pop version of the GameStop story
by Elizabeth Lopatto from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EXME)
Nick Offerman and Seth Rogen as dumb money in Dumb Money. | Image: Lacey Terrell / Sony Pictures Dumb Money thinks you're stupid - the title might as well be a reference to anyone paying to see the film.
It's a bummer, too. I had such high hopes! The GameStop saga, which is the basis for the movie, is genuinely bizarre, and anyone with a flair for the absurd would have a fantastic time with it. To recap: a bunch of Redditors (and others) bought the stock of a flailing retailer that was heavily shorted, sending it soaring - and burning the shorts in the process.
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