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White
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68th book for 2019.
I enjoyed most of this book. Ellis's discussion of politics, of his childhood watching horror movies and porn, of the dangers of creating too safe environments for children, of NYC in the late 1980s, or political correctness destroying good queer cinema. The analogy between actors hiding their private dark secrets behind happy public personas with those of most millenials using social media so they can remain marketable seemed spot on.
Where things fell apart for me was when he turned to politics. It's not like I was "triggered" by what he said. It was just boring. His rants against the left seemed to be mostly pro forma attempts to get rise from the audience. It was a shame, because he just came across as some old has-been enfant terrible desperate for attention, but with little to say.
3-stars.
I enjoyed most of this book. Ellis's discussion of politics, of his childhood watching horror movies and porn, of the dangers of creating too safe environments for children, of NYC in the late 1980s, or political correctness destroying good queer cinema. The analogy between actors hiding their private dark secrets behind happy public personas with those of most millenials using social media so they can remain marketable seemed spot on.
Where things fell apart for me was when he turned to politics. It's not like I was "triggered" by what he said. It was just boring. His rants against the left seemed to be mostly pro forma attempts to get rise from the audience. It was a shame, because he just came across as some old has-been enfant terrible desperate for attention, but with little to say.
3-stars.
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