In the LA Times today, via mediabistro‘s newsfeed email: THIS is a tale of two scripts, one that sold for a ton of money, one that remains twisting in the wind. Both are beautifully written, but in Hollywood, while scripts are prized for great writing, they must also give a studio chief enough ammunition to [...]
May 29, 2007
Lucky Jim
From Lucky Jim, the novel by Kingsley Amis that has come up at least twice a month since I’ve moved to Amherst: They do not go to university to acquire culture , but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it. They have no manners, and are woefully unable to deal [...]
