GameStop doesn’t stop – and even Trevor Noah and Margot Robbie are taking a shower on Thursday, after the company’s infamous $ 5.5 billion share increase controversy.
Presenter of “The Daily Show” inserted itself digitally in Robbie’s bubble bath scene in the 2015 financial meltdown drama “The Big Short” as a way to explain the complicated situation to the confused masses.
The now viral clip was created on Wednesday after a noisy Reddit message board infamously sparked novice investors to step up the video game retailer’s stock – after the Wall Street wolves bet on falling stock prices.
When the confused Twitterverse made his “big wish” for the 30-year-old Oscar nominee to repeat her animated scene to explain the entire GameStop drama, Noah answered the call.
“Basically, there is a group of people on Reddit who don’t use the stock market to invest, they use it to gamble,” says Noah, 36, on the high-concept, low-budget side. “And yes, that’s what a lot of serious investors do, too – but these guys on Reddit are more honest about it and love to fool people who aren’t.”
His Twitter followers were quick to speak in the comments.
“Come on, Trevor. You know it’s only wrong and unethical when dirty commoners do that! ” a Twitter wit posted. “When the rich do this, we put them on a pedestal, follow them on Twitter and let them influence government policies to further condemn the lower class. * Sexy * “
“They just like inside information, so they tried to put a hault [sic] for foreigners who trade, ” another joined the conversation. “But this is not about GameStop. This is about the common man. “
GameStop was languishing below $ 5 a share by September, but it started to take off after entrepreneur Ryan Cohen, founder of Chewy.com, took a stake, saying the struggling mall retailer was ready for a financial recovery. . On January 11, GameStop announced that it would add three new directors to its board.
That was when GameStop’s shares were boosted and its biggest investors began to profit billions.
Still confused? Check out the Post’s handy explainer of the whole phenomenon – and the new bizarre twist in its ongoing consequences.
