QUICK REVIEW by CHRISTINE TRZYNA
GREAT HOLLYWOOD WIT
A Glorious Cavalcade of Hollywood Wisecracks, Zingers, Japes, Quips, Slings, Jests, Snappers & Sass from the Stars
Compiled and Edited by Gene Shalit (movie critic)
C 2002 by author
Saint Martin's Press
With a subtitle like "A Glorius Cavalcade of Hollywood Wisecracks, Zingers, Japes, Quips, Slings, Jests, Snappers & Sass from the Stars," I could not resist. And I imagine Gene Shalit, who himself has a great appreciation of humor, went through hundreds of obscure books and magazines - maybe even an secret treasure chest of them - to locate the best. This book had me laughing every page, but I do have one criticism and it's a criticism I have of many quote books and on-line quote resources... when a celebrity, in a movie, is quoted as if the clever thing they said was made up by them - instead of the writer, it makes me crazy! The TRUE QUOTE SHOULD BE CREDITED TO THE WRITER!
A few favorites...
page 2
quoting Joan Rivers on Elizabeth Taylor...
"My jokes are one of the reasons Liz Taylor went on a diet. When I took her to SeaWorld and Shamu the Whale jumped out of the water, she asked if it came with vegetables..."
page97
"In Hollywood, you can get sued for telling the truth. After all, it's Hollywood where the truth lies." Anthony Perkins
page 152
Lillian Hellman, writer
"If I had to give young writers advice, I'd say don't listen to writers talking about writing."
