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Weeks later and about 90 blocks south, fellow Tony winner Matthew Broderick began playing the pious con man that causes holy hell in Lucas Hnath and Sarah Benson’s gender-bending revival.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Trading Places When snooty executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and savvy street con man Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) find their lives reversed as part of an expensive bet, hijinks arise — though not without dashes of controversial humor.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
The business model is a fraud, and @Saylor is the biggest con man on Wall Street.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
But, still, the sequel is a little toothless — not just Nick’s move from con man to cop but throughout the metropolis.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Trading Places When snooty executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and savvy street con man Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) find their lives reversed as part of an expensive bet, hijinks arise — though not without dashes of controversial humor.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
The business model is a fraud, and @Saylor is the biggest con man on Wall Street.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
But, still, the sequel is a little toothless — not just Nick’s move from con man to cop but throughout the metropolis.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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