Ick and and a rec.
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jmc_bksTell me again why Reese's/Hershey thought that creating a banana peanut butter cup was a good idea. Was there market research that showed a huge demand for this product? Ick.
Are you interested in reading a contemporary romance set in LA? One that is on the fringes of the movie business but isn't all about actors and models? Want to read a book with a smart, real heroine and interesting but not overpowering secondary characters? Go check out Sandra Kitt's Celluloid Memories. If I get myself organized, I'll post a review. (If I don't get around to it, lemme just say that I really, really liked this book. B/B+)
The reason I'm posting a rec and blabbing about the book in a non-review-ish kind of way is that it's got me thinking about non-romance things. After reading CM, I read the article in this week's Economist about Latino-Black race relations in LA and elsewhere in the US. That dynamic isn't mentioned at all in the book, but other race/culture dynamics are, particularly the tension between black people who can (and choose to) "pass". There's a fascinating parallel in the story between actresses (secondary characters) of different generations: one chose to pass in order to have a career and the other cannot be cast in traditional black female roles and thus is forced into passing by casting agents. It was a fascinating (and disturbing) glimpse into the realities of the entertainment business.
Are you interested in reading a contemporary romance set in LA? One that is on the fringes of the movie business but isn't all about actors and models? Want to read a book with a smart, real heroine and interesting but not overpowering secondary characters? Go check out Sandra Kitt's Celluloid Memories. If I get myself organized, I'll post a review. (If I don't get around to it, lemme just say that I really, really liked this book. B/B+)
The reason I'm posting a rec and blabbing about the book in a non-review-ish kind of way is that it's got me thinking about non-romance things. After reading CM, I read the article in this week's Economist about Latino-Black race relations in LA and elsewhere in the US. That dynamic isn't mentioned at all in the book, but other race/culture dynamics are, particularly the tension between black people who can (and choose to) "pass". There's a fascinating parallel in the story between actresses (secondary characters) of different generations: one chose to pass in order to have a career and the other cannot be cast in traditional black female roles and thus is forced into passing by casting agents. It was a fascinating (and disturbing) glimpse into the realities of the entertainment business.
