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With ’Trust,’ the latest in our love affair with watching super rich people suffer on TV

Yes, it covers the same events as last year’s film “All the Money In the World,” although this version “inspired by actual events” tells it differently. Not just longer; it’s an alternate version of how the kidnapping happened. The “Trust” narrative is based on Charles Fox’s book “Uncommon Youth: The Gilded Life and Tragic Times of J. Paul Getty III,” as well as “a lot of research” by Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”), who penned nine of 10 “Trust” episodes.

Set in 1973, “Trust” revolves around oil tycoon J. Paul Getty (Donald Sutherland) and his grandson J.