Hulu’s WeWork doc tries to recapture the energy of the 2019 saga
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A lot has happened since the WeWork saga unfolded in 2019. A. Lot. But director Jed Rothstein makes a case for why his Hulu doc still matters in 2021.
In fall 2019, the story of WeWork’s Icarian plummet—from the startup destined to change the way we work and live to the laughing stock of Wall Street—played out with all the drama you’d expect when at its center are a messianic CEO and a Japanese billionaire enabling his reckless whims.