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| Review Analysis of The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Big Business story?
Yes
Business:
- honest businessman overcoming corrupt ones
- building up big business
job/profession:
- businessman
- scientist/inventor
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Exploring/Searching...
- desert
Outdoors story
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 40's-50's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- challenged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- capitalism
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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