» Fear and Favor in Hollywood*
*Update: Here’s Carr’s response at Media Decoder.
This week The New Yorker profiles the iron-fisted, famously reclusive entertainment reporter Nikki Finke, who plays by her own rules and whose Deadline Hollywood Daily blog is universally read and feared in Tinseltown. Here’s a taste:
Marrying tabloid instincts to a strong Puritan streak, Finke portrays many of the town’s leaders as jackasses who golf at exclusive preserves, elbow underlings aside to hog the spotlight, downsize those underlings while lining their own pockets, and generally besmirch the fabric of civilization. […] A combination town crier and volcano god, Finke evokes in her readers both anxiety and respect.The piece has made a bit of a splash. Here’s more from LAO, Defamer and Finke herself at DHD. And here’s David Carr’s NYT piece on Finke from July.
*Update: Here’s Carr’s response at Media Decoder.
