![]() “ something about class, social mobility, identity under capitalism, I dunno,” Pressler’s fictionalized counterpoint says, trying to articulate what her piece will accomplish to a colleague. But “Inventing Anna,” while stopping short of co-signing Delvey’s crimes, does little to help us understand who Anna Sorokin really is or why her story is so worth dedicating prolonged attention to. (After all, while many of Anna’s cons did indeed come at the expense of the rich, she certainly was not practicing any form of wealth redistribution.) But “Inventing Anna” fails to add anything particularly useful or interesting to the story that Pressler already told.Īrt based on real life is best when it illuminates new truths. The New York magazine source material threaded this needle more carefully, positioning Delvey within the context that bred, encouraged and allowed her cons to thrive, without propping her up as some sort of feminist Robin Hood. This shift in public discourse between Pressler’s 2018 New York magazine feature on Delvey and the “Inventing Anna” premiere makes the latter’s Anna-is-all-of-us thesis feel even murkier and more out of touch. Women have, perhaps, fewer opportunities to exploit, but once given them, market conditions will incentivize them to do just that. ![]() ![]() The lesson was clear: Just because a woman is out here, getting hers, doesn’t mean her leadership or choices will be inherently better for those around her or the world at large. Prominent female founders like Steph Korey (Away), Audrey Gelman (The Wing), Yael Aflalo (Reformation), Jen Gotch (Ban.do), Christene Barberich (Refinery29) and Leandra Medine Cohen (Man Repeller) stepped down after criticism that ranged from allegations of general mistreatment of employees to outright racism. Opinion How cult hit "Yellowjackets" transcended its most salacious (and gory) detailĭuring the pandemic, the myth of the Girl Boss as feminist icon was officially punctured. It’s the reason that podcasts like Scam Goddess and Fraud Talk and ScamWow exist, delivering a weekly dose of the stories so many of us - myself included - crave. (Holmes’ fictionalized limited series is set to drop in March on Hulu). It’s the reason we devoured journalist Jessica Pressler’s original New York magazine feature about Delvey - one of the most-read stories worldwide in 2018 - as well as content about Billy McFarland and Martin Shkreli and Elizabeth Holmes. We are a people raised on scams spun as patriotism - the pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps ethos of the American dream being the biggest scam of all. We are a culture obsessed with the promise of individualist reinvention. And wouldn’t it be delicious to see a young woman get what she wants? Or at least metaphorically die trying?Īmericans love Delvey because we love a scam story. “I’m trying to build a business.”ĭelvey is all of us, the Netflix series coos as we binge nine long (too long! Way too long!) episodes - or at least a part of all of us. “I’m not some party girl,” Garner’s stone-faced, pan-European-accented Delvey says. She’s a girlboss who bossed a little too hard and flew a little too close to the sun. She’s a cool scammer, a millennial scammer, a hustle-culture scammer. ![]() But she’s not a regular scammer, “Inventing Anna” posits.
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