{"id":4857,"date":"2022-02-24T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/24\/super-pumped-review-flashy-high-octane-uber-saga-runs-out-of-gas\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:36:09","slug":"super-pumped-review-flashy-high-octane-uber-saga-runs-out-of-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/24\/super-pumped-review-flashy-high-octane-uber-saga-runs-out-of-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Pumped review \u2013 flashy, high-octane Uber saga runs out of gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The series on the rise and fall of Uber\u2019s hard-charging, grandiose CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, gets too high on its own supply<\/p>\n<p>One of the side effects of watching a recent history true-scam show like Super Pumped, the high-octane, wearisome Showtime anthology series whose first season tracks the rise and fall of Uber\u2019s disgraced CEO, Travis Kalanick, is to wonder in every scene: did this really happen? Or, in the case of Super Pumped specifically: is this dialogue heavily embellished or do tech CEOs flying too close to the sun on a jetstream of cash just sound this deranged?<\/p>\n<p>Kalanick, played with gusto by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is a ball of jumpy, narcissistic energy who speaks in comically grandiose terms. \u201cWe fuck the status quo, alright?\u201d he says to his staff. He spins a cease and desist order from the city of San Francisco as \u201cVALIDATION OF OUR STATUS OF DISRUPTORS\u201d, in a shouted speech to the whole office. He draws a huge smiley face on the order with red Sharpie, because \u201cWE ARE IN THE WORLD-CHANGING BUSINESS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/feb\/24\/super-pumped-review-joseph-gordon-levitt-travis-kalanick\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fbaf41402d5405ea9deee8d07d52c482a94d1077\/0_275_5578_3347\/master\/5578.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ae5288eb1dce0553ffd9c33d606d6790\" title=\"Super Pumped review \u2013 flashy, high-octane Uber saga runs out of gas\" \/>The series on the rise and fall of Uber\u2019s hard-charging, grandiose CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, gets too high on its own supply<br \/>\nOne of the side effects of watching a recent history true-scam show like Super Pumped, the high-octane, wearisome Showtime anthology series whose first season tracks the rise and fall of Uber\u2019s disgraced CEO, Travis Kalanick, is to wonder in every scene: did this really happen? Or, in the case of Super Pumped specifically: is this dialogue heavily embellished or do tech CEOs flying too close to the sun on a jetstream of cash just sound this deranged?<br \/>\nKalanick, played with gusto by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is a ball of jumpy, narcissistic energy who speaks in comically grandiose terms. \u201cWe fuck the status quo, alright?\u201d he says to his staff. He spins a cease and desist order from the city of San Francisco as \u201cVALIDATION OF OUR STATUS OF DISRUPTORS\u201d, in a shouted speech to the whole office. He draws a huge smiley face on the order with red Sharpie, because \u201cWE ARE IN THE WORLD-CHANGING BUSINESS!\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The series on the rise and fall of Uber\u2019s hard-charging, grandiose CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, gets too high on its own supply One of the side effects of watching a recent history true-scam show like Super Pumped, the high-octane, wearisome Showtime anthology series whose first season tracks the rise and fall of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/24\/super-pumped-review-flashy-high-octane-uber-saga-runs-out-of-gas\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Super Pumped review \u2013 flashy, high-octane Uber saga runs out of gas<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}