Word: fibbing
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Instead, Whelan dwells incessantly on the minute details of Capa's exaggerated tales, correcting almost every fib as he goes along. And in an effort to provide a setting for Capa, the author saturates the reader with the political and social details of Europe from 1913 to 1950. At numerous points in the book, Robert Capa, the man and the photographer, is lost in the torrent of information on war strategies and political twists. Whelan is too long on details and too short on analysis...
...Even the giddiest know they have little chance of being discovered in a drugstore in Manhattan, Kans., or a restaurant in Los Angeles, Texas. They scour the trade newspapers for notices of auditions. The more fortunate have union memberships that get them past guarded doors. The rest try to fib their way in or, if less bold, wait for "open calls." Known as "cattle calls," they may be publicity stunts. But for an unknown, they may be the only hope...
...upstairs, quickly unlock the door, and throw your belongings on the bed of the suite's only single. Be sure to be nonchalant, however, when your roommate ambles in ten minutes later. You'll be spending a lot of time with that person this year. Tell your first fib, something like, "Well, I got in at three in the morning and didn't have a place to stay, so I slept outside the dorm on my duffle bags, and that's why I got here at 6:30 a.m." The roommate will probably swallow your story, the week being young...
This confluence of talent introduces several intriguing angles. For instance, Jameson thought it might be interesting if two men loved the same woman, so both Pitt and Seagram trail after the Star reporter. One scene shows the emotional depth, the intensity of this menage a trois. "I told a fib," the reporter tells the scientist and proceeds to explain that indeed she and the mercenary had lived under the same roof for two years. The reporter's best line, though, a strong rebuff to the notion that Hollywood doesn't create any parts for strong women, comes while she fishes...
...telling this fib...