Saul Austerlitz
Auteur van Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era
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Saul Austerlitz is the author of four previous books, including Just a Shot Away and Sitcom. His work has been published by The Boston Globe, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. He is a graduate of Yale and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and is an toon meer adjunct professor of writing and comedy history at NYU. toon minder
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It’s a bit hard to peg this one. Some bits of this book were really, really well-done. Others, though, were decidedly less so.
There were some interesting peeks into the production and writer’s rooms. Yet a large amount of time was dedicated to basic episode recaps with no real further commentary. Other recaps were accompanied by opinionated commentary presented as gospel fact. There were some episodes and arcs curiously missing. Others were ever-so-briefly touched upon but never really explored. The author had an almost unnatural way of speaking: odd turns of phrase (used more than once), always going for the million dollar word when a fifty cent word would have sufficed. This is not me lamenting the use of big words- it is of using the biggest, most obscure word every single time.
It would have been nice had the cast been in on the book as well as the production team. Even some of the supporting cast would have had some interesting stories to add. There was one instance where the addition of Tate Donovan to the show was mentioned. Based on the preamble seemed certain that a story or two of his would follow. It all build up to... a couple of sentences about the cast groaning at his nervous lack of reaction to a practical joke.
The end of the book, the last chapter in particular, was a bit of a slog. All-in-all this was a decent but flawed trip back in time.… (meer)
There were some interesting peeks into the production and writer’s rooms. Yet a large amount of time was dedicated to basic episode recaps with no real further commentary. Other recaps were accompanied by opinionated commentary presented as gospel fact. There were some episodes and arcs curiously missing. Others were ever-so-briefly touched upon but never really explored. The author had an almost unnatural way of speaking: odd turns of phrase (used more than once), always going for the million dollar word when a fifty cent word would have sufficed. This is not me lamenting the use of big words- it is of using the biggest, most obscure word every single time.
It would have been nice had the cast been in on the book as well as the production team. Even some of the supporting cast would have had some interesting stories to add. There was one instance where the addition of Tate Donovan to the show was mentioned. Based on the preamble seemed certain that a story or two of his would follow. It all build up to... a couple of sentences about the cast groaning at his nervous lack of reaction to a practical joke.
The end of the book, the last chapter in particular, was a bit of a slog. All-in-all this was a decent but flawed trip back in time.… (meer)
A breathtaking wholly original look at a story you've heard or heard of 1000 times before. This book makes it matter now rather than 50 years ago. Read it if you're only dimly aware of what "Altamont" means in the history of popular culture. Read it if you think you know all too well. Either way, it's miraculous.
Smooth, effortless writing, exquisitely researched. You're lost if you don't care about movies or comedy. If you do, you've got a lot of watching (and laughing) ahead of you.
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It did feel like I was reading episodes almost word for word. I wouldn't say I learned anything new. BUT it was cool to learn about how the cast members felt that not one of them was over the other--so they fought for the same salary. That makes me really happy.
And I still hate Ross.… (meer)