Fun With Dick And | Jane

: In the 2005 version, Dick is promoted to Vice President just as his company, Globodyne, collapses in an Enron-style scandal . He is left as the public scapegoat for the company's failure while the CEO and CFO escape with millions.

The narrative typically follows an affluent couple, Dick and Jane Harper, who lose their lifestyle when Dick’s employer collapses in a corporate scandal. Fun with Dick and Jane

: They eventually move from robbing convenience stores to executing a complex plan to reclaim the stolen pension funds from their corrupt former CEO. Comparison of Film Versions 1977 Version 2005 Remake Lead Actors George Segal & Jane Fonda Jim Carrey & Téa Leoni Tone Darker, more cynical, and socially critical Bright, slapstick-heavy, and satirical Antagonist Charlie (Aerospace Corp CEO) Jack McCallister (Globodyne CEO) Context 1970s recession Early 2000s corporate greed (Enron/WorldCom) Cultural Significance Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) : In the 2005 version, Dick is promoted

: Facing foreclosure and the loss of their social status, the couple attempts low-level jobs—including Dick competing with day laborers—before realizing their only way out is armed robbery . : They eventually move from robbing convenience stores

" Fun with Dick and Jane " most commonly refers to a story of middle-class financial collapse and the subsequent turn to a life of crime, depicted in two major films (1977 and 2005) and originally inspired by the 1930s-1970s Dick and Jane reading primers .