Welcome to
Shrek Week, Thrillist Entertainment s celebration of 20 years of Shrek
. We ve already rewatched the movie to see how it holds up, declared our love for the Shrek 2 soundtrack, paid tribute to the best Shrek history. Here, we examine the thorny political questions around Shrek
.
In theory, the green world of
Shrek would provide a path out of the red-state vs. blue-state partisan gridlock of modern politics. When the movie was released in May of 2001, less than a year out from a contentious election in which George W. Bush won the presidency via Supreme Court case, despite losing the popular vote to Vice President Al Gore, and months before the events of 9/11 reshaped American life, it appeared as a fairy-tale oasis of gumdrop buttons, magic mirrors, and ogre farts. Designed as a four-quadrant family blockbuster,
are standing up and getting involved in politics while they are active ceos, i think that is a relatively recent trend. honestly, i m not sure it is positive because a ceo who is running a large company has a lot of different views inside their companies. generally speaking. a ceo s personal decision to get involved is different than the company s pac. that is where employees donate funds to a political action committee voluntarily and that money is given to candidates generally speaking. companies tend to play both sides evenly. you have people like jeffery katzenberg. there are a lot of ceos involved in politicians. my view is it may be part of the increased partisanship in the political process in general.
0 top of the hour. coming up on your money banks got bailed out, but you may feel sold out. christine romans sits down with a man who got a billion dollar payout. your money starts right now. gun reform. poverty level paychecks. same-sex marriage. some of the most divisive issues facing you. i m christine romans. walmart. a walmart in ohio is collecting canned food to help its workers feed their families on thanksgiving. this picture posted on the walmart facebook page. if there is a recent political controversy, starbucks ceo called for law makers to end the shutdown and spoke out in support of the same-sex marriage. when talk turns to chick-fil-a. the ceo is taking stance for his opposing gay marriage. some of the groups are upset again because the original says presented him with an award for champions of justice and equality. walmart and starbucks and chick-fil-a just a few. is politics bad for business? we have the former hp here with us. the most powerful woman in bus
economy that 170% consumer and higher unemployment rates that stay high, and say they stay at 9% or 10% and have the stimulus unwind out of the system, that is a risk. in my view, interest rates in all likelihood are not going up in the next six to ninety months, so in the short term, negative surprises in ton employment market will hurt us. the bull have good news, and good retail news, and you said, intel, financials from the jpmorgan and csx and you have it across three real spaces of great importance to the economy, inflation data remaining low as well, and a quick thought on that hard to fight the positive economic news. well, it is hard to fight it. and we are in a situation where all of the negativity is going away and people are feeling positive about the markets, and it will be hard to stop it. well, that is where we will stop it, because the dow jones industrial average goes out with a 100-point gain. and the s&p 500 closing above 1,200 for the first time sinc