The Associate
Summary:
In this comedy, a woman discovers that it's impossible to get ahead in business without a man to guide her -- so she invents one. Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an expert financial analyst with a top Wall Street brokerage; however, she keeps getting passed over for raises and promotions, and she's convinced that no one at her firm takes her seriously because she's a black woman. Fr... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Whoopi Goldberg - (Laurel)
Dianne Wiest - (Sally)
Eli Wallach - (Fallon)
Tim Daly - (Frank)
Bebe Neuwirth - (Camille)
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Review:
To its credit, The Associate never becomes fixated on Whoopi Goldberg's race, identifying her gender as the source of her exclusion from the giant gentleman's club that is Wall Street. This makes Goldberg what, by 1996, she undoubtedly preferred -- just a popular female actress, who can be divorced from her racial identity when it suits th... Continue >>
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