Weinstein applauded Keenan for capturing the way Hollywood insiders speak, subtly attack one another, and fixate on failure, and for documenting the inner lives of older gay men. But the Post found the humor to be shtick not literature, far too misogynist, and too stereotypical. The New York Times was even less kind. Although reviewer Mark Kamine noted that "Keenan gets off some decent one-liners" and that references to Los Angeles landmarks were "made sparingly and used to good effect", he felt the book engaged in "incessant name-dropping," that many of the jokes were too topical, and that Keenan's humor was too blunt. "[T]here's no need for canned laughter either. We get enough of that elsewhere." Footnotes 2006 American novels 2000s LGBT novels Novels by Joe Keenan Lambda Literary Award-winning works Novels with gay themes 2006 LGBT-related literary works