Title: business skills don't translate to Hollywood skills
Product review: If you are looking for Hollywood insight then "Hello, He Lied" by Lynda Obst is far better. "Wannabe" is a story about living in the trenches as someone just starting out in Hollywood. The stories are not hilarious or cutting edge in any way; rather they are the mundane ups and downs of possible opportunities. One of the major stories is an interview to be Alec Baldwin's assistant. Yes, the interview is the major part of the story. All the while the author (in my opinion) is looking at the book as the way to get back into Hollywood. (An early part of the book describes how the scene would look in camera angles and at the end there is a gleeful note that the book has been optioned as a screenplay.) Overall, the author does not understand the byzantine rules by which Hollywood operates and I didn't gain much insight from his book either.
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