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		drblast on May 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tom Wolfe Has Died Second "The Devil's Candy," even if you're not interested in Bonfire of the Vanities at all. I haven't read the book or seen the movie (yet) but The Devil's Candy was an incredible look into how badly things can go in Hollywood. You can probably generalize it to any large project where multiple competing interests all have a stake.

xsmasher on May 16, 2018 [–]

"The Devil's Candy" changed my attitude from "Why do they make bad movies?" to "It's a miracle that anything screenable get made at all."

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