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Much like Bret Easton Ellis, Bruce Wagner has an insidious gift in capturing the life and antics of the people that run around Hollywood. If you’ve seen David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars he wrote that script and it’s kinda based on a culmination of all the themes and ideas from his previous works. Personally I’d recommend Force Majure and Dead Stars to start. Funny and harrowing as hell all his work makes for an engrossing read.
Dec 29, 2023
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one of my fav writers. LA guy, writes a lot of stories set in and around entertainment industry stuff and LA in general. been around since the 90s. he’s insanely funny and witty, practically every other sentence involves tangential word play and in-jokes. the inner dialogue of the characters flow in such a natural way, and in the books that involve multiple perspectives it’s mind blowing how he gets so deep in the psyche of vastly different characters. another aspect of his writing i love is how brutal he is to his characters. whether you like or dislike the character he’s ruthless and they often have a wild ride throughout the book. theres a special energy and mysticism that lurks in the backdrop of his books. he’s got a great balance between slapstick and full on morbid melodrama. he’s also written so killer movies like cronenberg’s “maps to the stars” and craven’s “nightmare on elm street 3: dream warriors”
so yeah read his stuff
Nov 22, 2023
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Arguably Brett Easton Ellis’ magnum opus. I love that he sued Zoolander for stealing his IP and won. It’s a story about a male fashion model who becomes a terrorist. As in other Easton Ellis books, there is a mantra: “The better you look the more you see.” This is deeply true. Beautiful people are punished by being exposed to all the most horrifying things in the world. Epstein…need I say more?
Jun 14, 2022
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LA getting you down? because its Too Boring? Escape into this provocative - bordering-smut novel
that takes place in more exciting, drug fueled times. It’s called ’The Shards’ and I read it earlier this summer and could not put it down. Like most of Ellis’ writing, it’s got well dressed preppy hot people and cocaine and serial killers. After reading ’The Shards’, I’ve been very visually inspired by 1980s LA 🎥🎥🎥
Dec 16, 2023
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I feel like dressing like a little arrogant aristocrat is gonna be very big in 2024. What better way to signal your upwardly mobile ambition than with this classic garment. From the docks Nantucket to the streets of West Miami. You can literally wear these prints anywhere and fit right in. Truly a must have for a young man cruising the singles scene lol.
Dec 29, 2023
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My friend Jessica just showed me these. We both especially like the ones of the dudes getting wasted from the early 2000's. Def a harbinger of the upcoming wigger apocalypse.
Dec 29, 2023
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Delicious and strong as shit. This is the only supplement you need to take you down the slippery miami streets. It will get you hot faced. Fair warning.
Dec 29, 2023