Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Book review - "Love Life" by Rob Lowe

 Lowe's first book was a pleasant surprise, raising the bar for this second effort. It's well written with some interesting stuff - profiles of Bernie Brillstein, accounts of the flop shows he worked on (he blames the writing), doing A Few Good Men in London, some of his acting tips, an encounter with Warren Beatty. This is all fine. Other stuff was less interesting. Can be annoyingly chipper and you can sense the narcissist there (which to be fair Lowe cops). Frustratingly hinty about some gold - refers to a torrid sexual encounter with "a female Oscar winner" (Faye Dunaway? Sally Field? ) and being ripped off on a surprise hit (Wayne's World? Tommy Boy?). Not bad. Lowe's a good writer. I'll be honest - I was hoping for more encounters with the rich and famous, though.

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