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Sto caricando le informazioni... Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazinedi Allan MacDonell
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. http://educationanddeconstruction.com/?p=4781 Really cruised through this, skimming most of it. It's repetitive and mostly sad. Flynt was clearly insane and most of the staff wandered through the day in a drug-induced haze. I was hoping to find more information on the Larry Flynt/Jerry Falwell libel case that set some new standards for First Amendment issues. Very disappointing and really rates a negative star. It didn't even appeal to my prurient side. Prior to read Prisoner of X by Allan MacDonell, my only exposure to Hustler magazine and Larry Flynt was through the Milos Forman movie People vs. Larry Flynt. I sort of knew that it was at the lower rungs of taste as far as porn goes, but until reading this book, I never realized the depths to which the magazine would go to attempt to titillate men. MacDonell discusses the graphic photo shoots and the far over the edge cartoons, as well as the apparently groundbreaking "cum shot". However, aside from all the dirtiness, I also found that this was an interesting story of a man, very slowly, coming to confront his humanity and determining to exactly what lengths he was willing to stretch his morals before he just couldn't take any more. In addition, I must admit that I took a certain pleasure in reading about how Flynt and Hustler magazine were instrumental in exposing some of the key Republican players in the Clinton impeachment as true hypocrites. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of the publishing industry or to anyone who really hates their job and wonders just how bad it could get. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at HustlerMagazine is a savagely funny odyssey through the bizarro world of Larry Flynt's cracker-rich X-rated empire. During his tenure in theHustler trenches, punk-rock dropout Allan MacDonell ascends from entry-level comma-catcher to editorial overlord of the unseemly offerings at Larry Flynt Publications. Here's the inside story of running America's most influential porn domain. A professional career of evaluating countless skin photos, taking XXX field trips, mastering "fully erect" film criticism and enduring creepy interoffice schemers suddenly launches MacDonell into national politics when Larry Flynt opens his wallet to impact the impeachment proceedings against President William Jefferson Clinton. MacDonell reveals the backside of his prominent role in tricking right-wing Speaker-elect Bob Livingston into resigning from Congress. Prisoner of X is a wildly entertaining memoir about life climbing the bent and fearsome masthead of an infamous magazine, and the bittersweet reward of publicly crossing its hillbilly Caesar. Aside from being the most prolific writer in the history of Larry Flynt Publications,Allan MacDonell contributed to the archetypal punk magazineSlash and the underground anthologyApocalypse Culture. Freelance pieces have appeared in venues as diverse asGambling Times magazine, MrSkin.com and theL.A. Weekly. Mr. MacDonell lives in California's Hollywood Hills with two dogs, his wife Theresa, and a clear conscience. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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