Aaron Spelling: A Prime-Time Life
by Aaron Spelling, Jefferson Graham
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Author: Aaron Spelling, Jefferson GrahamEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08
ISBN: 0312142684
Number of pages: 228
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Book Reviews of Aaron Spelling: A Prime-Time Life
Book Review: Dull, Self-Congratulatory Autobiography with Few Juicy Details
Summary: 2 Stars
Aaron Spelling claims he is a creative writer, but you wouldn't know it by reading this book. He quickly glides through his hit shows, bragging along the way about being the "first" to do many of the things in Hollywood (though often he is not correct about his claims). He uses superlatives throughout about his shows and claims 3 or 4 of them as his favorite or the one his is most proud of.
Most distracting is that he includes in the book scripts from some of the shows--which feel like padding. He doesn't spill enough inside information on his life so he needs to make the book long enough to buy by including pages and pages of actual scripts from 90210, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels and others. Some film students may enjoy that, but for the average reader it is meaningless.
He does tell a couple surprising stories of how he cheated others when he didn't have much money--but he never says he repaid those people once he got rich. He also doesn't go into his own wealth, other than to brag that he gives his wife lots of jewelry because he loves her so much.
One thing that the reader does discover is that Spelling himself does not deserve the credit for many of his most famous shows--he merely helped get the show on the air or took someone else's idea and headed the company that produced it. The conclusion that the reader comes to is that this guy made a lot of money on shows that others created.
There just isn't enough meaty material in this book. He is positive about everything he has done, everyone he has met and every show he has produced. Namely, the book is dull. And if he is such a great writer (which he brags about throughout the book), then why did he need a co-author for his own autobiography?????
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