Trading Places

I only recently found out what a far-out guy Aaron Russo was, and that's why I would certainly like to mention this movie here. I guess one day we'll find out just how much of a man's personal experiences and blood, sweat & tears went into bringing out a certain truth through a movie. If you get to know a little bit about Russo's work, you begin to realize that the making of "Trading Places" (not only in my opinion the best movie Eddie Murphy played in) must have been more than a coincidence. Even though it has that typical American fairy-tale slant, and an ending that we will probably never see in real life, it conveys the truth of "losers turn winners" and gives the kind of hope without which the average citizen might as well fold in and quit.