| Movies (and Other Things) Lib/E Contributor(s): Serrano, Shea (Author), Toscano, Mario (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1549154141 ISBN-13: 9781549154140 Publisher: Hachette Book Group OUR PRICE: $69.29 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: October 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Humor | Topic - Celebrity & Popular Culture - Social Science | Popular Culture |
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| Publisher Description: #1 New York Times bestselling author Shea Serrano is back, and this time it's personal. Movies (And Other Things) combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue, all in one incredible book Movies (And Other Things) is a book about, quite frankly, movies (and other things). One of the chapters, for example, answers which race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did you know that he white saviors Mexican Americans in McFarland, USA, and white saviors Native Americans in Dances With Wolves, and white saviors African Americans in Black or White, and white saviors the Cleveland Browns in Draft Day? Another of the chapters, for a second example, answers what other high school movie characters would be in Regina George's circle of friends if we opened up the Mean Girls universe to include other movies (Johnny Lawrence is temporarily in, Claire from The Breakfast Club is in, Ferris Bueller is out, Isis from Bring It On is out...).Another of the chapters, for a third example, creates a special version of the Academy Awards specifically for rom-coms, the most underrated movie genre of all.And another of the chapters, for a final example, is actual a triple chapter that serves as an NBA-style draft of the very best and most memorable moments in gangster movies (remember the Funny how? scene in Goodfellas).Many, many things happen in Movies (And Other Things), some of which funny, others of which are sad, a few of which are insightful, and all of which are handled with the type of care and dedication to the smallest details and pockets of pop culture that only a book by Shea Serrano can provide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Serrano, Shea: - Shea Serrano's most recent book, Basketball (And Other Things), was, among other things, a #1 New York Times bestseller and selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of the year. His previous book, The Rap Year Book, was also a New York Times bestseller, and is being turned into a documentary that will air on AMC in 2019. Currently, he is a staff writer for The Ringer. |