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- Super Pumped is based on journalist Mike Isaac's 2019 book chronicling the ruthless tactics Uber employed to spur its rapid growth, such as charging a bogus "Safe Rides Fee" (the surcharge was "devised primarily to add $1 of pure margin to each trip," Isaac wrote) and using a tech tool called Greyball to dodge law enforcement.
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Feb 27, 2022 · Super Pumped uses the provocative question to foreshadow the pitfalls of Kalanick’s overly aggressive leadership style. He could get away with being a bit of an a–hole back when he was a David...
Feb 27, 2022 · The showrunners behind Super Pumped: The Rise of Uber talk about the show's truthfulness, casting and Quentin Tarantino.
Feb 25, 2022 · The actor stars as disgraced Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick in the first season of Brian Koppelman and David Levien's anthology drama about true-life stories from the business world. By Angie Han...
- Angie Han
Mar 10, 2022 · Showtime's 'Super Pumped' will try anything to keep you entertained as it tells the story of Uber, and that includes Quentin Tarantino being the narrator.
Feb 25, 2022 · A review of anthology series Super Pumped’s first season, The Battle for Uber, about former CEO Travis Kalanick, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, and Uma Thurman, created by the...
- Jen Chaney
- TV Critic
Feb 22, 2022 · In a scene from Showtime’s new anthology series “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” Travis Kalanick, the ride-sharing company’s controversial founder, strides into the boardroom as the...
Feb 25, 2022 · Mark Zuckerberg hovers over “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” without being in it (at least in the first five episodes). Uber’s co-founder and now-former CEO Travis Kalanick wants to be the next Zuck, and the Showtime series wants to be just like the movie made about him, “ The Social Network .”
