Title: An entertaining riff on post-war pop culture.
Product review: Shawn Levy has done it again! As he did with "King of Comedy", in "Rat Pack Confidential" Levy illuminates popular culture with thorough research and trenchant analysis written in a jazzy style befitting his subject.He reminded me of an incident which took place in Atlantic City in the 1980's. Sinatra and Martin sat down at a blackjack table and demanded to be dealt from the deck, not from the shoe. If the dealer declined, they would have had her fired, if she agreed, as she did, the New Jersey Gaming Commission would have her fired for violating their rules, as they, in fact, did. These two aging rat packers decided to force a young woman into a Hobson's choice on nothing more than a whim. This incident, along with many others Levy describes in his book, serve as proof of Lord Acton's immortal phrase, "Power Corrupts". Even for saloon singers.
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