Losers Part I

did you see the the film about Michael Bent just came out on Netflix as part of that loser series no I did not that's that's worth watching he um he never liked boxing never he wanted to box but I've got a really successful career in Hollywood producing plays and movies really yeah yeah yeah yeah it's a great Michael Bent produces plays and movies yeah he won't play I think and he teaches actors how to how to box as well like you know when they're doing movies it's a great little talk good for him

It's Losers by Michael Lewis, which actually Scott Conroy, who wrote Sarah from Alaska, recommended to me when I said I have this homework assignment, I'm going to read a bunch of political books. He was like, you have to read Losers by Michael Lewis. It's about the 96 campaign and all the losers, all the losing candidates, and just what it's like to be on the campaign trail for somebody that is hopeless.

And I just think Michael Lewis is kind of just perspective as an outsider. So good because he was not burdened by being a political reporter and having to do drinks with these people and have sources and have relationships.

Coming from outside of politics, I think he gave a very fresh view on just how empty our political campaigns are. And it's both a character portrait of a lot of these losers, but also a critique of the way we do campaigns.

I thought Michael Lewis' Losers was fantastic.