The funding was so generous that neuroscientists like Timothy Greenamyre at the University of Pittsburgh abandoned government grants until the Picower Foundation abruptly closed after the Madoff fraud was exposed.
But the conceit is smartly wrought, so much so that the attempts at comic relief (using a CGI chipmunk and Timothy Spall as a henchman) seem not just lumpen but superfluous.
"How good it was to hear these women's past and present thoughts, how everyone looked so good -- still -- and what a great thought on the part of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders to think it was worth sharing, " said model Tyson Beckford, who attended the party.