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Response:

Calculated Shard: 92 (from laksa052)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa092.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-big-short-106949/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-big-short-106949/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/","crawl_time":1776206467,"first_indexed_time":1655865980,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,rollingstone!www,\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/ s443","src_root_hash":"6480905922786146692","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"'The Big Short' Movie Review","meta_descriptions":["Capitalism takes a comic wallop from a cast of A-listers"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Skip to main content\nThe Big Short\nSteve Carell, second from left, and Ryan Gosling in 'The Big Short.'\nIt sounds like a horror show: a doomsday epic about the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street wolves who got rich off it. Gone were the homes, jobs and savings of average Joes. But wait. As directed and written by Adam McKay – the dude behind\nAnchorman\nand other giddy hits with Will Ferrell, his partner on the website Funny or Die –\nThe Big Short\nis hunting bigger game. I’d call it a Restoration comedy for right the fuck now, a farce fueled by rage against the machine that relentlessly kills ethics, and a hell of a hilarious time at the movies if you’re up for laughs that stick in your throat.\nBased on the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis,\nThe Big Short\nis brilliantly constructed by McKay to hit where it hurts. A terrific\nChristian Bale\npulls you right in as Michael Burry, an eccentric neurologist-turned-money-manager who pads around barefoot in his San Jose office, fiddling with his glass eye and banging drums. It’s Burry who figures out that those subprime home loans the banks hand out to bad credit risks are a disaster in the making.\nTrending Stories\nWall Street fat cats dismiss Burry as a crank. But not Jared Vennett (\nRyan Gosling\n), a Deutsche Bank dealmaker who relishes Burry’s idea to bet against the banks by shorting home loans that are bound to default. Gosling, a virtuoso of verbal sleaze, talks directly to the camera, and he’s volcanically fierce and funny. It’s Vennett who intensifies the big short by partnering with Mark Baum (\nSteve Carell\n), a hedge-fund manager who runs FrontPoint, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Baum is a hardass. But he knows a good deal when it gets a thumbs-up from his trio of number crunchers (Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater and Jeremy Strong). Baum is also the only character in the film with a working conscience. Carell is just tremendous, following his Oscar-nominated turn in \nFoxcatcher\nwith a performance of comic cunning and shocking gravity. Likewise,\nBrad Pitt\nfinds the disgust in Ben Rickert, a banker who’s paying for his sins by helping the environment – that is, until he uses two young money managers (Finn Wittrock and John Magaro) to bite the hand that fed him.\nCamera maestro Barry Ackroyd helps McKay keep the plot in a perpetual spin. When it sails over your head – and it will – McKay drops in celeb explainers, including Selena Gomez, Anthony Bourdain and Margot Robbie. Are you more likely to understand CDOs if a naked Robbie explains them in a bubble bath? Probably not. But who’s complaining? McKay dares greatly by couching his anger in a slapstick tragedy that makes us wish we could see every character in it behind bars. Does the risk pay off? Bet on it.\nTV & Movies\nTV & Movies Reviews\nMore News","attrs_markdown":"×\n\n![an image, when javascript is unavailable](https:\/\/sb.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=2&c2=6035310&c4=&cv=3.9&cj=1)\n\n[×](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\n[Skip to main content](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/#pagetop)\n\n[Rollingstone Logo](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/)\n\nClick to expand the Mega Menu\n\nClick to Expand Search Input\n\n- [Music](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/)\n- [TV & Movies](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/)\n- [VIBE](https:\/\/vibe.com\/)\n\n[Got A Tip?](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tips\/)\n\n[Account](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\n[Welcome](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\n[Manage Account](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/my-account\/)\n\n[Manage Print Account](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/manage-print-account\/)\n\n[Sign Out](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\nLog In\n\nClick to expand the Mega Menu\n\nClick to Expand Search Input\n\n[Rollingstone Logo](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/)\n\nTV & Movies\n\n### [The Big Short](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\n- [Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/&title=The%20Big%20Short&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button \"Facebook\")\n- [X](https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/post?url=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/&text=The%20Big%20Short&via=RollingStone \"X\")\n- [google-preferred](https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com \"google-preferred\")\n- [email](mailto:?subject=RollingStone%20:%20The%20Big%20Short&body=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/%20-%20The%20Big%20Short \"email\")\n\n[Got A Tip?](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tips\/)\n\n[Account](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\n[Welcome](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\n[Manage Account](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/my-account\/)\n\n[Manage Print Account](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/manage-print-account\/)\n\n[Sign Out](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/the-big-short-106949\/)\n\nLog In\n\nTV & Movies\n\n# The Big Short\nCapitalism takes a comic wallop from a cast of A-listers\n\nBy  [Peter Travers](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/author\/peter-travers\/)\n\n### [Peter Travers](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/author\/peter-travers\/)\n[Contact Peter Travers on X](https:\/\/twitter.com\/petertravers \"X Icon\")\n\n- [‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Knockout Arrives Right on Time](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/tenet-movie-review-christopher-nolan-1047641\/)\n- [‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Review: Third Time’s a Most Excellent Charm](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-movie-review-1048742\/)\n- [‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: Dickens, Served with a Side of Absurdity](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/personal-history-of-david-copperfield-movie-review-1048764\/)\n\n[View all posts by Peter Travers](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/author\/peter-travers\/)\n\nDecember 10, 2015\n\n![The Big Short; Ryan Gosling; Steve Carrell](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rs-217786-21626637065_987e23b3de_o.jpg?w=1401&h=934&crop=1)\n\nSteve Carell, second from left, and Ryan Gosling in 'The Big Short.'\n\nIt sounds like a horror show: a doomsday epic about the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street wolves who got rich off it. Gone were the homes, jobs and savings of average Joes. But wait. As directed and written by Adam McKay – the dude behind [*Anchorman*](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy-94467\/) and other giddy hits with Will Ferrell, his partner on the website Funny or Die – *The Big Short* is hunting bigger game. I’d call it a Restoration comedy for right the fuck now, a farce fueled by rage against the machine that relentlessly kills ethics, and a hell of a hilarious time at the movies if you’re up for laughs that stick in your throat.\n\nBased on the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, *The Big Short* is brilliantly constructed by McKay to hit where it hurts. A terrific [Christian Bale](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/christian-bale\/) pulls you right in as Michael Burry, an eccentric neurologist-turned-money-manager who pads around barefoot in his San Jose office, fiddling with his glass eye and banging drums. It’s Burry who figures out that those subprime home loans the banks hand out to bad credit risks are a disaster in the making.\n\n## Trending Stories\n[BTS Is Back on Top: ‘We Have to Push It to the Edge’](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bts-reuniting-new-album-arirang-interview-1235544625\/)\n\n[Kacey Musgraves Mocks Trump’s Jesus Photo With Dolly Parton Homage](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/kacey-musgraves-trump-jesus-photo-dolly-parton-1235546553\/)\n\n[Jack White Questions How Christians Can Support Trump ‘After This Blasphemy’](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jack-white-donald-trump-christian-support-jesus-pope-1235546491\/)\n\n[RM on the Meaning of Life and More: ‘I Try to Express Universal Things’](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/rm-interview-arirang-bts-1235544804\/)\n\nWall Street fat cats dismiss Burry as a crank. But not Jared Vennett ([Ryan Gosling](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ryan-gosling\/)), a Deutsche Bank dealmaker who relishes Burry’s idea to bet against the banks by shorting home loans that are bound to default. Gosling, a virtuoso of verbal sleaze, talks directly to the camera, and he’s volcanically fierce and funny. It’s Vennett who intensifies the big short by partnering with Mark Baum ([Steve Carell](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/steve-carell\/)), a hedge-fund manager who runs FrontPoint, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Baum is a hardass. But he knows a good deal when it gets a thumbs-up from his trio of number crunchers (Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater and Jeremy Strong). Baum is also the only character in the film with a working conscience. Carell is just tremendous, following his Oscar-nominated turn in *[Foxcatcher](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/foxcatcher-91621\/)* with a performance of comic cunning and shocking gravity. Likewise, [Brad Pitt](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/brad-pitt\/) finds the disgust in Ben Rickert, a banker who’s paying for his sins by helping the environment – that is, until he uses two young money managers (Finn Wittrock and John Magaro) to bite the hand that fed him.\n\nCamera maestro Barry Ackroyd helps McKay keep the plot in a perpetual spin. When it sails over your head – and it will – McKay drops in celeb explainers, including Selena Gomez, Anthony Bourdain and Margot Robbie. Are you more likely to understand CDOs if a naked Robbie explains them in a bubble bath? Probably not. But who’s complaining? McKay dares greatly by couching his anger in a slapstick tragedy that makes us wish we could see every character in it behind bars. Does the risk pay off? 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Boilerpipe Text	Skip to main content The Big Short Steve Carell, second from left, and Ryan Gosling in 'The Big Short.' It sounds like a horror show: a doomsday epic about the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street wolves who got rich off it. Gone were the homes, jobs and savings of average Joes. But wait. As directed and written by Adam McKay – the dude behind Anchorman and other giddy hits with Will Ferrell, his partner on the website Funny or Die – The Big Short is hunting bigger game. I’d call it a Restoration comedy for right the fuck now, a farce fueled by rage against the machine that relentlessly kills ethics, and a hell of a hilarious time at the movies if you’re up for laughs that stick in your throat. Based on the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, The Big Short is brilliantly constructed by McKay to hit where it hurts. A terrific Christian Bale pulls you right in as Michael Burry, an eccentric neurologist-turned-money-manager who pads around barefoot in his San Jose office, fiddling with his glass eye and banging drums. It’s Burry who figures out that those subprime home loans the banks hand out to bad credit risks are a disaster in the making. Trending Stories Wall Street fat cats dismiss Burry as a crank. But not Jared Vennett ( Ryan Gosling ), a Deutsche Bank dealmaker who relishes Burry’s idea to bet against the banks by shorting home loans that are bound to default. Gosling, a virtuoso of verbal sleaze, talks directly to the camera, and he’s volcanically fierce and funny. It’s Vennett who intensifies the big short by partnering with Mark Baum ( Steve Carell ), a hedge-fund manager who runs FrontPoint, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Baum is a hardass. But he knows a good deal when it gets a thumbs-up from his trio of number crunchers (Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater and Jeremy Strong). Baum is also the only character in the film with a working conscience. Carell is just tremendous, following his Oscar-nominated turn in Foxcatcher with a performance of comic cunning and shocking gravity. Likewise, Brad Pitt finds the disgust in Ben Rickert, a banker who’s paying for his sins by helping the environment – that is, until he uses two young money managers (Finn Wittrock and John Magaro) to bite the hand that fed him. Camera maestro Barry Ackroyd helps McKay keep the plot in a perpetual spin. When it sails over your head – and it will – McKay drops in celeb explainers, including Selena Gomez, Anthony Bourdain and Margot Robbie. Are you more likely to understand CDOs if a naked Robbie explains them in a bubble bath? Probably not. But who’s complaining? McKay dares greatly by couching his anger in a slapstick tragedy that makes us wish we could see every character in it behind bars. Does the risk pay off? Bet on it. TV & Movies TV & Movies Reviews More News
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It sounds like a horror show: a doomsday epic about the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street wolves who got rich off it. Gone were the homes, jobs and savings of average Joes. But wait. As directed and written by Adam McKay – the dude behind [Anchorman](https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy-94467/) and other giddy hits with Will Ferrell, his partner on the website Funny or Die – The Big Short is hunting bigger game. I’d call it a Restoration comedy for right the fuck now, a farce fueled by rage against the machine that relentlessly kills ethics, and a hell of a hilarious time at the movies if you’re up for laughs that stick in your throat. Based on the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, The Big Short is brilliantly constructed by McKay to hit where it hurts. A terrific [Christian Bale](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/christian-bale/) pulls you right in as Michael Burry, an eccentric neurologist-turned-money-manager who pads around barefoot in his San Jose office, fiddling with his glass eye and banging drums. It’s Burry who figures out that those subprime home loans the banks hand out to bad credit risks are a disaster in the making. ## Trending Stories [BTS Is Back on Top: ‘We Have to Push It to the Edge’](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bts-reuniting-new-album-arirang-interview-1235544625/) [Kacey Musgraves Mocks Trump’s Jesus Photo With Dolly Parton Homage](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/kacey-musgraves-trump-jesus-photo-dolly-parton-1235546553/) [Jack White Questions How Christians Can Support Trump ‘After This Blasphemy’](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-white-donald-trump-christian-support-jesus-pope-1235546491/) [RM on the Meaning of Life and More: ‘I Try to Express Universal Things’](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/rm-interview-arirang-bts-1235544804/) Wall Street fat cats dismiss Burry as a crank. 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Readable Markdown	[Skip to main content](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-big-short-106949/#pagetop) ## The Big Short ![The Big Short; Ryan Gosling; Steve Carrell](https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-217786-21626637065_987e23b3de_o.jpg?w=1401&h=934&crop=1) Steve Carell, second from left, and Ryan Gosling in 'The Big Short.' It sounds like a horror show: a doomsday epic about the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street wolves who got rich off it. Gone were the homes, jobs and savings of average Joes. But wait. As directed and written by Adam McKay – the dude behind [Anchorman](https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy-94467/) and other giddy hits with Will Ferrell, his partner on the website Funny or Die – The Big Short is hunting bigger game. I’d call it a Restoration comedy for right the fuck now, a farce fueled by rage against the machine that relentlessly kills ethics, and a hell of a hilarious time at the movies if you’re up for laughs that stick in your throat. Based on the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, The Big Short is brilliantly constructed by McKay to hit where it hurts. A terrific [Christian Bale](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/christian-bale/) pulls you right in as Michael Burry, an eccentric neurologist-turned-money-manager who pads around barefoot in his San Jose office, fiddling with his glass eye and banging drums. It’s Burry who figures out that those subprime home loans the banks hand out to bad credit risks are a disaster in the making. ## Trending Stories Wall Street fat cats dismiss Burry as a crank. But not Jared Vennett ([Ryan Gosling](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/ryan-gosling/)), a Deutsche Bank dealmaker who relishes Burry’s idea to bet against the banks by shorting home loans that are bound to default. Gosling, a virtuoso of verbal sleaze, talks directly to the camera, and he’s volcanically fierce and funny. It’s Vennett who intensifies the big short by partnering with Mark Baum ([Steve Carell](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/steve-carell/)), a hedge-fund manager who runs FrontPoint, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Baum is a hardass. But he knows a good deal when it gets a thumbs-up from his trio of number crunchers (Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater and Jeremy Strong). Baum is also the only character in the film with a working conscience. Carell is just tremendous, following his Oscar-nominated turn in [Foxcatcher](https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/foxcatcher-91621/) with a performance of comic cunning and shocking gravity. Likewise, [Brad Pitt](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/brad-pitt/) finds the disgust in Ben Rickert, a banker who’s paying for his sins by helping the environment – that is, until he uses two young money managers (Finn Wittrock and John Magaro) to bite the hand that fed him. Camera maestro Barry Ackroyd helps McKay keep the plot in a perpetual spin. When it sails over your head – and it will – McKay drops in celeb explainers, including Selena Gomez, Anthony Bourdain and Margot Robbie. Are you more likely to understand CDOs if a naked Robbie explains them in a bubble bath? Probably not. But who’s complaining? McKay dares greatly by couching his anger in a slapstick tragedy that makes us wish we could see every character in it behind bars. Does the risk pay off? Bet on it. - [TV & Movies](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/) - [TV & Movies Reviews](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/) ### More News
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