The Portrayal of Accountants in Pop Culture: Who’s Got it Right?
We know that Hollywood takes quite a creative license when portraying characters and what different careers are like. Take, for instance, doctors and nurses in tv shows, from the melodramatic lives in Grey’s Anat om y to the comedic and potential malpractice in Scrubs , most of us know that is not real life. But, have they ever got it right when portraying a job? Depending on who m you ask, but I think, yes. For example, the way algorithms and coding are talked about in Th e Social Network is quite accurate and how they explore the legal battle Zuckerberg has to go through is pretty spot on . An d , in the movies End of Watch and Hot Fuzz, the main actors accurately portray the slow and boring ride-a-longs all officers experience. But, o ne career that almost never seems to be the main character ’s...