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TODAY'S BLOW TO OUR SELF-ESTEEM

September 21, 2004

Tax Analysts is not normally much of a guide to pop culture. Today, though, they reviewed the movie "Intimate Strangers." The film is about a beautiful woman who accidentally wanders into a tax lawyer's office, thinking it is her therapist. She pours out her problems to him, even after learning he is a tax lawyer - perhaps because he has turned off the time clock and isn't charging her.

From the review:

   Well, speaking as a former accountant 
   and a former tax lawyer, and more 
   recently a tax law professor, I really 
   loved this movie. OK, I wouldn't want 
   to emulate William's personality or his
   rather dreary law practice, and I know 
   some tax lawyers and accountants who 
   aren't dorks. Yet I admired William's 
   ability to serve as a loyal friend, 
   confidant, and adviser to a beautiful 
   and troubled woman. This film isn't 
   Revenge of the Nerds (1984) exactly, 
   since William doesn't get revenge 
   against anybody, but he wins some 
   important personal victories as the 
   story spools out. The film is a 
   satisfying tribute to the simple 
   pleasures of dorkdom.

I can see the ad now: "...a satisfying tribute to the simple pleasures of dorkdom!" (Tax Analysts)

At least they use this oldie but goodie: " It's been said that tax lawyers are good with numbers but don't have enough personality to become accountants."

Oddly, the review never mentioned our personal role model, the accountant character played by Rick Moranis in "Ghostbusters." Unfortunately, the review is available only to Tax Analysts subscribers.

The accountant is the one on the right.

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