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BY KENNETH ANDEEL TV Media N umbered among the worst stock market crashes in history is the Octo- ber 1987 event that came to be known by the catchy, not-at- all-scary nickname "Black Monday." On that day, a com- plicated web of market forces, including insufficient regula- tion, international conflict and group psychology, came to a head in a market decline that was — and remains — the largest single-day decline in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Now, 30 odd years after that frightening day, Showtime has dramatized the events leading up to it in an 10-part '80s-li- cious series called (you guessed it) "Black Monday." The show is loaded with top- notch talent that includes Don Cheadle ("Avengers: Infinity War," 2018), Andrew Rannells ("Girls"), Regina Hall ("Inse- cure") and Casey Wilson ("Happy Endings"), and it premieres Sunday, Jan. 20, on Showtime. The series is described as "the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue- blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world's largest financial system." So while the intricate causes of the real-life 1987 crash are still vigorously de- bated by economics profes- sors, it seems like the fiction- alized version presents view- ers with a much more specific set of causes — and causers. The tone of "Black Monday" might surprise anyone ex- pecting a somber treatment of a historical event that caused real, lasting economic pain, but the series' provenance ex- plains its darkly comic take on the stock market disaster. "Black Monday" is executive produced by a team that in- cludes Seth Rogen and his longtime creative partner Evan Goldberg, a duo respon- sible for such absurdist come- dies as "Superbad" (2007), "Pineapple Express" (2008) and the ongoing comic book- to-television adaptation "Preacher." These guys like to seek out the black humor in tragic or dangerous situa- tions, and "Black Monday" carries that same stamp. Given the iconic time peri- od of the Black Monday crash, the television translation is a veritable pageant of '80s wor- ship (or an '80s cringefest, de- pending on your age, perspec- tive and taste). The trailers for "Black Monday" are an abso- lute cavalcade of stereotypes and symbols. CR O SS W O R D S S UDO KU W O R D SE A RC H T V & M O V I ES A/Filler 5 x 3 Crash- amundo IT'S EASY! Just go to nwaonline.com, click on "Photos" in the top menu bar and use the search to fi nd the photo you want. Then just click "Purchase" for sizing options. You can also have the image put on a coff ee mug, mouse pad, key tag, holiday ornament and more! Check it out! Do you know someone featured in a photo in our newspaper or on our website? DID YOU KNOW those images are available for purchase?