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Warning: do not read this book at a wake, on a precipice, or with a full bladder. Unless you're a humorless fan of Cher, Michael Jackson, Barbra Striesand, or Mick Jagger, Wilson's turbo, heat-seeking essays about fame, the bane of our commodified culture, will induce bent-double, breathless laughter. A columnist for Salon and the San Francisco Examiner, Wilson, a latter-day Dorothy Parker without the self-hate, writes about the psychoses the lust for fame induces in the stars, their fans, and countless pathetic wanna-bes. In writing about boy bands, like the New Kids on the Block, Wilson reports on the disturbing fan mail they receive from women old enough to be their mothers. Excessive cosmetic surgery in pursuit of perfect bodies elicits blisteringly hilarious commentary on the likes of Courtney Love and Celine Dion. Smart, supercharged, ethical, and talented, Wilson also takes on the ersatz worlds of the Oscars and Las Vegas, and the malignancy of racism and sexism in Hollywood. Donna Seaman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Greil Marcus
"If the subjects of Cintra Wilson's loathing continue to appear in public after this book is published, it must be because they can't read." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Warning: do not read this book at a wake, on a precipice, or with a full bladder. Unless you're a humorless fan of Cher, Michael Jackson, Barbra Striesand, or Mick Jagger, Wilson's turbo, heat-seeking essays about fame, the bane of our commodified culture, will induce bent-double, breathless laughter. A columnist for Salon and the San Francisco Examiner, Wilson, a latter-day Dorothy Parker without the self-hate, writes about the psychoses the lust for fame induces in the stars, their fans, and countless pathetic wanna-bes. In writing about boy bands, like the New Kids on the Block, Wilson reports on the disturbing fan mail they receive from women old enough to be their mothers. Excessive cosmetic surgery in pursuit of perfect bodies elicits blisteringly hilarious commentary on the likes of Courtney Love and Celine Dion. Smart, supercharged, ethical, and talented, Wilson also takes on the ersatz worlds of the Oscars and Las Vegas, and the malignancy of racism and sexism in Hollywood. Donna Seaman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Greil Marcus
"If the subjects of Cintra Wilson's loathing continue to appear in public after this book is published, it must be because they can't read." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Nature determines what is poisonous to the soul and body, and sometimes it is easy to avoid that which is baneful and unclean: e.g., we naturally have no desire to eat fetid corpses or drink motor oil. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss America, New York, Michael Jackson, New Kids, Celine Dion, Las Vegas, Lou Reed, New Age, Nike American, Tom Hanks, Backstreet Boys, Billy Crystal, Los Angeles, Smiley Face, Times Square, Tonya Harding New!
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents |
Nature determines what is poisonous to the soul and body, and sometimes it is easy to avoid that which is baneful and unclean: e.g., we naturally have no desire to eat fetid corpses or drink motor oil. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss America, New York, Michael Jackson, New Kids, Celine Dion, Las Vegas, Lou Reed, New Age, Nike American, Tom Hanks, Backstreet Boys, Billy Crystal, Los Angeles, Smiley Face, Times Square, Tonya Harding New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents |