Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?: Women's Experience of Power in Hollywood
Author: Rachel Abramowitz
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ISBN: B0000VZEFK
Publisher: Random House (May, 1900)
Sales Rank: 986,527
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
HELD MY INTEREST - MOST OF THE TIME
I read an excerpt of this book a couple months back in a magazine and when I found out it was from a future book, I made a mental note to myself to be sure & buy it when it became available. I did, and I was fairly satisfied. The first 1/2 of the book was very interesting and I learned many new things about women I had never heard of before but learned have great power in Hollywood and were responsible for some of the very movies I have loved over the years. Now when I see the name Sherry Lansing or Polly Plat in print, I know exactly who they're speaking of. I appreciate movies like Forest Gump & Fatal Attraction all that much more now because I know the story behind them. The second 1/2 of the book dropped off a little. It seemed to drag on a little too much, and probably could have been 2-3 chapters shorter. The final few chapters are good again & renewed my interest. Too bad I can't use 1/2 a star, because I'd actually rate this a 3 1/2, but 4 is pretty close. Overall, I don't think you'll be disappointed unless you're a chauvanist or a man who still thinks a woman's place is in the kitchen or barefoot & pregant - although it would probably teach some of those people a lesson! Defintiely worth buying in hardcover!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Terrific!
A highly readable, intelligent book about women and power (or lack of) in modern-day Hollywood. This was one of the best books I've read in quite a while and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a fascinating look behind-the-scenes. I hope this author continues to write more books.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Hollywood Behind the Scenes
Rachel Abramowitz has achieved what so many would like to accomplish. She has written an intelligent, compelling and very entertaining account of how women achieve power in Hollywood. The book opens with Dawn Steel's death in 1997 and for the next 500 pages it is almost impossible to put down.
Abramowitz has done her research well. This was a book that took her seven to write and I can believe it. We learn how a studio runs and we glimpse the personal lives of the most powerful women in town.
On the production side Dawn Steel, Sherry Lansing, Polly Platt are profiled and we learn a great deal about each one of these major studio players. Female directors and actresses such as Penny Marshall, Nora Ephron, Barbra Streisand, Jodie Foster have their careers and lives etched with great detail.
The women that Abramowitz talks about happen to be high profile Hollywood producers, agents and actors. However, they could just as well be in any boardroom in any city in the US. It is also a story about the adversity that women face in big business.
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