Title: Gets Hype-r about nothing much
Product review: This is a book that doesn't accomplish what it sets out to do, and that is so much worse than succeeding at something less ambitious.Hype seeks to act as a tell-all about the Hollywood celebrity industry, but it wavers between asking the reader for a high level of respect and making crude, unfunny jokes that would be more at home in a celebrity gossip column.The book seeks to shock us, but the revelations aren't really so shocking. Are we so surprised at the prevalence of plastic surgery among the stars? It also seeks to entertain us, but the jokes are lame (such as noting that Jackie Kennedy's hairstyle is as stiff as the white collar shirts she was entertaining that night, ho ho!).Hype doesn't do anything overtly harmful, but I would think that someone looking for dirt could find a much more attractive package than this book.
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