So often when someone’s name becomes a headline their identity as a person tends to fade into the background.
Such was the case with Jack Abramoff, a man whose name became synonymous with “evil lobbyist” and who went on to confirm basically everything we had ever assumed about the morally-ambiguous profession.
The movie “Casino Jack” attempts to find the man behind the “jerk-who-got-what-was-coming-to-him” sentiments, and while the results are mixed, it does provide an interesting window into the heights of corruption of the Bush years.
Read the rest of the review here.
