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- Verlag: New Millennium Entertainment (CA); Auflage: Abridged (August 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1893224406
- ISBN-13: 978-1893224407
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,5 x 12,6 x 2,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (18 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.434.438 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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American Rhapsody is a gleeful act of outrage, simultaneously an assault on the Clintons and a bridge-burning, tell-all Hollywood memoir in the wicked spirit of You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again. Joe Eszterhas's narrative is a torrent of consciousness with no consistent sense of direction, but it all erupts from a plausible organising principle best articulated in the chapter "Bubba in Pig Heaven": Hollywood is where Clinton really belongs. The author claims Bill watches Blazing Saddles six times a year, and says that Gennifer Flowers got him blazing by enacting a Sharon-Stone-like crotch-shot scene years before Basic Instinct.
The Lewinsky saga really should be ho-hum by now, but American Rhapsody's Evel-Knievel-like leaps of free association and mad brio breathe life into it. You've never been properly introduced to Linda Tripp and Lucianne Goldberg until you've read "The Ratwoman and the Bag Lady of Sleaze", its uproarious take on the pair. American Rhapsody gives dozens of stars time in the sweaty spotlight: Matt "the Scavenger" Drudge, heroic Larry Flynt (whose threat to report Republican scandals Eszterhas credits with quashing impeachment)--almost every big political scandal victim in memory. And there are lots of Hollywood types behaving badly: Bob Dylan, Warren Beatty, Ronald Reagan, Farrah Fawcett, Sharon Stone, Robert Evans, Sly Stallone (who wanted to portray Jesus onscreen), and even Joe Eszterhas. The fantasy chapters, printed in boldface, are sometimes funny (e.g., "Kenneth W. Starr Confesses"), but mostly they're both over the top and below the belt (e.g., "Willard Comes Clean", the confessions of the president's penis). What holds your interest is the main narrative, a heady mix of showbiz gossip, personal essay, and Lester-Bangs-style prose mania. --Tim Appelo -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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American Rhapsody is a gleeful act of outrage, simultaneously an assault on the Clintons and a bridge-burning, tell-all Hollywood memoir in the wicked spirit of You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again. Joe Eszterhas's narrative is a torrent of consciousness with no consistent sense of direction, but it all erupts from a plausible organizing principle best articulated in the chapter "Bubba in Pig Heaven": Hollywood is where Clinton really belongs. The author claims Bill watches Blazing Saddles six times a year, and says that Gennifer Flowers got him blazing by enacting a Sharon Stone-like crotch-shot scene years before Basic Instinct. When a sarcastic Clinton allegedly told a Hollywood producer that his enemies would soon be accusing him of coupling with a cow, the producer sent him Eszterhas's 1989 screenplay Sacred Cow, in which a president does just that. Eszterhas claims Spielberg dropped the film because of his friendship with Clinton. But he still thinks Clinton would be great in the role.
The Lewinsky saga really should be ho-hum by now, but American Rhapsody's Evel Knievel-like leaps of free association and mad brio breathe life into it. You've never been properly introduced to Linda Tripp and Lucianne Goldberg until you've read "The Ratwoman and the Bag Lady of Sleaze," its uproarious take on the pair. American Rhapsody gives dozens of stars time in the sweaty spotlight: Matt "the Scavenger" Drudge, heroic Larry Flynt (whose threat to report Republican scandals Eszterhas credits with quashing impeachment)--almost every big political scandal victim in memory. And there are lots of Hollywood types behaving badly: Bob Dylan, Warren Beatty, Ronald Reagan, Farrah Fawcett, Sharon Stone, Robert Evans, Sly Stallone (who wanted to portray Jesus onscreen), and even Joe Eszterhas. The fantasy chapters, printed in boldface, are sometimes funny (e.g., "Kenneth W. Starr Confesses"), but mostly they're both over the top and below the belt (e.g., "Willard Comes Clean," the confessions of the president's penis). What holds your interest is the main narrative, a heady mix of showbiz gossip, personal essay, and Lester Bangs-style prose mania. --Tim Appelo -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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My friend Jann Wenner, the editor and publisher of Rolling Stone, the rock and roll bible, called me excitedly the day after Bill Clinton was nominated for the presidency. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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I'm all for satire and a good wicked read -- especially when it comes to hollywood or politics. But this book never quite rose to all it's hype and expectations. Claiming to be a gleeful "tell-all" book about the Clintons and other such scandels, AMERICAN RHAPSODY wants to be a scathing satiric review of political limelight. Instead it's a good idea with no consistent sense of direction. There are moments of hilarity and occasional comic insight but mostly this is a predictable, over the top book featuring segments like "Willard Comes Clean" (translating to: the confessions of the president's penis.) A little disappointing.
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IS JOE ESZTERHAUS LAUGHING WITH US OR AT US?EITHER WAY I DID NOT STOP LAUGHING.THEN I BOUGHT THE UNABRIDGED TAPE AND HOWLED.THIS IS PURE VENOM LACED WITH AHELLISH SENSE OF HUMOR. I LOVED IT.
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Eszterhas's style wore me out halfway through. Most interesting was his insider's dish on the celebrities and tinseltown, and some additional tidbits on Clinton. It'll be interesting to see if he does work in that town again!
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WOW!
I saw the author, interview with Charlie Rose, and ordered the book. I just finished it, today, and have already passed it on to a good friend. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 2000 von Sheila Clinton-Reed
Animal House presents the Clinton Impeachment
This book tries to be a no-holds-barred, pull-back-the-covers, over-the-top report on the Clinton scandals. It succeeds. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Juli 2000 von Jussi Bjorling
Ignore the forced star, this book gets a Zero Star Rating
I love satire, but this book doesn't qualify as such. It was a complete waste of time and money.
Am 26. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Olympian Revenge
This book's central theme and its execution is of breathtaking vulgarity. It is focused on things below the waist, at the level of the male and female sex organs. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juli 2000 von Fernando Melendez
Eszterhas has plenty to say to defend Clinton
Mr Eszterhas has plenty to say about all the intrigues in the Clinto administration. Typical of a left wing zealot nothing must get in the way of supporting your left wing buddies... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Eszterhas has plenty to say to defend Clinton
Mr Eszterhas has plenty to say about all the intrigues in the Clinto administration. Typical of a left wing zealot nothing must get in the way of supporting your left wing buddies... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
American Rhapsody
A revealing insight that mirrors closely public historical records. Actually, a great account that reinforces just how low our government has plunged into the depths of drugs, sex,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
A KNOCKOUT
YOU MAY NEVER LOOK AT A POLITICIAN THE SAME WAY AGAIN!WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT MOVIE STARS.LOTS OF ROADKILL ALONG THE WAY INCLUDING SHARON STONE AND HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH HALLF OF... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
so bad it is great !
hollywoods bad boy is at it again.from sharon stone to farrah...eszterhaus puts the woman of tinsel town away.from nicholson to michael douglas the men fare no better.... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Sleaze-O-Plenty!
Wotta hoot! I received this book today and have already plowed through the first sixty or so pages of this aging baby boomer's diatribe against the Big Boomer who's soon going to... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Juli 2000 von bruce strang
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