Celebrity
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Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / satire, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.
Our read · Celebrity (1998) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded comedy · satire · fame entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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