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[identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com 2015-10-20 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Just how many stories about actors caught up in momentous political events who are also engaging in a journey of self-discovery are there, anyway?

Which biography of Ronald Reagan would be best to make a triptych of these reviews?

Or would the long arc of Arnold Schwartzenegger's career be more fun to read about?
ext_63737: Posing at Zeusaphone concert, 2008 (Default)

[identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com 2015-10-20 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Footnotes can't decide whether they want to be superscripted or [INSIDE BRACKETS].

[identity profile] tool-of-satan.livejournal.com 2015-10-20 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not aware of Reagan ever having engaged in a journey of self-discovery.

[identity profile] mcbadger.livejournal.com 2015-10-20 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I think there's some kind of bizarre conservation law applying to James' review footnotes.

[identity profile] scott-sanford.livejournal.com 2015-10-20 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
His autobiography's title Where's the Rest of Me? is not a good choice in this context.

[identity profile] sean o'hara (from livejournal.com) 2015-10-21 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Able Archer '83, combined with a White House screening of The Day After, did get him to realize that his bellicose tone wasn't helpful. That's one of the main reason he went from zero summit meetings during his first term to five in his second. Too bad he didn't send a memo to the rest of the Republican Party, or maybe they'd realize that sitting down to talk to Gorbachev did more to end the Cold War than SDI and all the "Evil Empire" speeches.
ext_63737: Posing at Zeusaphone concert, 2008 (Bill Heterodyne animated)

[identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com 2015-10-21 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not aware of Reagan ever having engaged in a journey of self-discovery.

This strikes me as snide, but, I am forced to admit, neither am I.

[identity profile] tool-of-satan.livejournal.com 2015-10-21 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's definitely snide.

I'll give half credit to Sean O'Hara's observation - not while he was an actor and a single realization rather than something I would call self-discovery, but hey, better than nothing.
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[personal profile] annathepiper 2015-10-21 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
This novel showed up on the roster for the annual Turkey Readings panel at VCON. This is clearly a sign that I should read it. XD

Albeit possibly with a side helping of vodka!

[identity profile] mojave-wolf.livejournal.com 2015-10-23 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Based on the review, this seems as prescient of modern day American sensibilities (or at least those of about 50% of the population) as the original Death Race 2000 & Brave New World.