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Things that Make You Go Hmmm...

By Will Lee | Apr 28, 2000

Call CNBC! We think we've cracked the secret to the Dow Jones: Tom Wolfe's book The Bonfire of the Vanities, a satire of yuppie excess, was arriving in bookstores on October 19, 1987 -- the day of the stock market crash. Mary Harron's film American Psycho, a satire of yuppie excess, debuted on April 14, 2000 -- the day of the stock market plunge. Says Lions Gate copresident Mark Urman, whose company released Psycho, ''I can only surmise that traders, fearing a negative depiction, lost concentration and let the market crash.''

Originally posted Apr 28, 2000 Published in issue #537-538 Apr 28, 2000 Order article reprints

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