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High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess
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Plot Summary of High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess
"Movie Producer Don Simpson, producer of Top Gun,Flashdace,Bad Boys. The story of his life,His rise to the Hollywood throne, and his rapid downfall.
Easily the best Biography that i have ever read.
The True Face of Hollywood"
Stuart Bannerman, Resident Scholar



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Plot
job/profession: - producer/director
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Story of entertainer? - Director/Producer

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 40's-50's
Biography of famous person? Yes
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - use of artificial tools - orgies
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book
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