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Q & A About Maury
Q & A About MauryQ. Why did you write a book about this show?A. I’ve long been a fan of the show. I like the dram of the episodes, especially the paternity episodes. Q. What makes it an “institution”?A. It’s been on the air for over a generation. Even people who don’t watch the show are familiar with it. When Maury Povich is just walking down the street, people will shout, “I’m not the father!” because the program is so famous. Q. How did you research the book?A. I had already seen many...
Q & A With Steve Massa, author of Lame Brains and Lunatics 2
Lame Brains and Lunatics 2 has beenNominated for the 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award Q & A with Steve Massa, author of Lame Brains and Lunatics 2: I must say, after the impressively hefty Rediscovering Roscoe volume I was surprised (and delighted) to see another sizeable book from you so soon! How long has Lame Brains and Lunatics 2 been in the works? I have to admit that I was also surprised at how hefty Lame Brains 2 turned out to be – some of this I think is because this was my pandemic shutdown project, and I had...
Joel Thurm dishes the dirt on The Golden Girls
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Q & A with Gregory William Mank > "Of Mice and Men: ..." nominated for the 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award
Of Mice and Men: Mental Enfeeblement Racism and Mercy Killing in 1939 Hollywood has been nominated for the 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award. Questionnaire: Of Mice and Men: Mental Enfeeblement, Racism, and Mercy-Killing in 1939 Hollywood, by Gregory William Mank. Published by BearManor Media, December, 2022. 1.Q. What inspired you to write this book? In December of 2018, my wife Barbara and I were driving through “Steinbeck Country” in California – pastoral locales such as Salinas and Soledad. They’d provided such a beautiful, memorable setting in many of Steinbeck’s stories, including his 1937 novella, Of Mice and Men. Well,...
Q & A with Caroline Young, author of "Crazy Old Ladies: The Story of Hag Horror"
Crazy Old Ladies: The Story of Hag Horror has beenNOMINATED for the 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award Ten questions with Caroline Young Your book tells the story of the ‘hag horror’ sub-genre, which cast former queens of the Golden Age of Hollywood. What was the inspiration? A couple of years ago I’d seen several films that explored the later lives of actors, now struggling to earn money and stay relevant – Judy, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Stan and Ollie, and the TV series Feud. They offer a parable of the fate of successful actresses who are eventually discarded...