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The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade

June 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Another Ayoade book! So exciting! Except….wait. This is barely Ayoade. Yes, he wrote it, and yes, he does some narration- “some” being the key word in this situation. The Grip of Film is a fake book written by a fake person (written by Ayoade, naturally). The fake person is Gordy LaSure; a longtime Hollywood vagrant and alleged screenwriter. Gordy is a (purposefully) contemptible character; he has the bravado of The Kids Stays in the Picture with a fraction of the success and (at least) four times the casual […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: 80s movies, 90s movies, action movies, film, jesse eisenberg, jon korkes, Richard Ayoade, Satire, toxic masculinity

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:59 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: 80s movies, 90s movies, action movies, film, jesse eisenberg, jon korkes, Richard Ayoade, Satire, toxic masculinity ·
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