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Lights, Camera, Mania: Showbiz Satires Descents Into Madnessby Charles Bramesco

By Yasmina Tawil

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In his seminal tell-all Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger claimed to reveal the festering truth beneath the dream factory of the American film industry. His was a bemused but cynical perspective on the business of show, reveling in the sordid juiciness of early Tinseltown controversies that usually concluded with tragedy, if not death. Representatives of the film idols referred to in the book lined...

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Lights, Camera, Mania: Showbiz Satire’s Descents Into Madness by Charles Bramesco

By Yasmina Tawil

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In his seminal tell-all Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger claimed to reveal the festering truth beneath the dream factory of the American film industry. His was a bemused but cynical perspective on the business of show, reveling in the sordid juiciness of early Tinseltown controversies that usually concluded with tragedy, if not death. Representatives of the film idols referred to in the book lined...

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On Robin Williams in The Fisher King by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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Its been nearly a year since Robin Williams took his life, finally succumbing to the depression he had masked so successfully in comedy for decades. But Ill confess something now that I (and many other critics) couldnt then: I rarely looked forward to a Robin Williams movie. Theres some irony to the fact that eulogizing Williams brought his critics closer to the father he played in one of his best...

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On Robin Williams in “The Fisher King” by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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It’s been nearly a year since Robin Williams took his life, finally succumbing to the depression he had masked so successfully in comedy for decades. But I’ll confess something now that I (and many other critics) couldn’t then: I rarely looked forward to a Robin Williams movie. There’s some irony to the fact that eulogizing Williams brought his critics closer to the father he played in one of his...

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