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“Behind the scenes on cable TV shows. "Skyler thought she was acting like a spoiled kid who was not getting her way. 'You know, Annie,' he said, 'it's got to be possible for someone to disagree with you without it being evidence of their basic corruption... listen, sweetie, I need to be very frank with you about this. You have to be careful not to react to any criticism or opinion contrary to your own as proof that the other person is morally wrong. If anyone fails to see the world exactly as Ann King does, then that person is either unethical, weak, or stupid. You and Bobby are having a disagreement about how to edit a television program. That is something he knows a lot about, and he has proven that to us. You are not fighting over how to cure cancer. You are my only sister, but on the matter of how to edit a television show, my feeling is that Bobby's instincts are usually right, and I would suggest you accept his instincts here and move on to something more useful.'" (253) One thing he learned was that successful TV executives never admit to one another or to anyone else that they are making garbage. If you have a hit reality show devoted to mocking a gorgeous woman for being hilariously stupid, you always say, "Isn't she adorable! There's something so sweet and real about her that the audience just loves." If you have a series devoted to making fun of a bunch of fat kids trying to play sports, you look at the screen and say, "I love their determination! When poor Howie fell into that mud pile and all the kids laughed at him, my heart was breaking." The truth was that you, as producer, probably paid an intern to push Howie into the mud pile and plan to use that shot for the tune-in promo. But etiquette demanded that you never, ever cop to it. Successful TV executives did not drop their masks. In that way, Boris thought, they were much like supervillains. (272) Annie felt like an actress who had been summoned to the stage before she had time to memorize her lines. She could not swallow that she might be at her father's deathbed. It was not because she loved him so much she could not bear the thought of his dying--like everyone who knew Dom, she had imagined his death on more than one occasion without it seeming like an entirely unpleasant prospect. But she was not done with him yet. She knew a day would come when they would say good-bye, but she was not ready for it to be now.
Libby H wrote this review Thursday, October 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Skyler was taken aback. The old man was worse than he expected. He wondered how long he had to stay. He tried to think of some excuse to get out of there without seeming like a heartless prick. (293)”
“Not as well-written or as acidly funny as his first novel, A & R, but I can think of worse ways to pass an afternoon.”
JoeIsReading wrote this review Friday, November 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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