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...AFARM is a highly theoretically informed, theatrical, political performance group," said Catherine A. Corman `96, the organization's duchess. Performance is not AFARM's only venue, however. The December issue of HQ featured AFARM's "plagiarized playscript" supporting gay rights...
That's the premise of The Big Hype,the latest novel from Avery Corman, author of Oh, God! and Kramer vs. Kramer. Paul Brock is a successful script writer who's fed up with Hollywood and with his lack of creative control over his scripts. No more movies-of-the-week about Lyme disease--he's going to finish his novel. As he soon discovers, however, the publishing business is just as hype-ridden as Hollywood. No one is willing to take a chance to Brock; they'll publish his book, but won't go out of their...
...Avery Corman...
Paul Brock, the hero of Avery Corman's THE BIG HYPE (Simon & Schuster; $19), is a low-profile writer and family man transformed by a Manhattan show- business promoter into a national phenomenon. The money is swell, but Brock wants to cling to his artistic integrity as if it were an old sports jacket. Corman (Oh, God!) has a light comic touch that allows Brock to have it both ways and remain an appealing character. A bit of fantasy is also disarming. Corman works in guest appearances by film and literary stars, including the reclusive J.D. Salinger, who says, "Sometime...
After more stories and another novel, Sayles went to work in Hollywood for B-movie king Roger Corman, churning out such scripts as Piranha, a low-budget rip-off of Jaws. His idols, however, were independent filmmakers like John Cassavetes. In 1978, having saved $40,000 from script fees and book royalties, Sayles struck out on his own; he recruited a cast of actor friends and made the film that would become The Return of the Secaucus Seven...