*If you haven’t viewed this film yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*
From the keyboards of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, writers of The Hangover, among other gems, comes a story of three overworked Moms who have had enough. Bad Moms follows these three moms as, led by Mila Kunas, they decide to get as drunk as they can and live a life full of debauchery. What could possibly go wrong?
THE GOOD:
What kind of creator do you want to be? Which element of the creative life is more important to you? Money for your work? Control over your work? Major insights along these lines await here:
About Yuko Shimizu:
Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning Japanese illustrator based in New York. Her work has appeared on the pages of the New York Times, TIME, and Newsweek, on the covers of DC Comics, Penguin, Abrams and Random House books, on the Gap and Nike T-shirts, and on Pepsi cans.
Look what just came via snail mail! Herbie J’s Dashing, Daring, and Debonair.
I’m digging the autograph as well as the book.
Favorite chapters so far – those about not the actor-stars but the writer-creators of the era, such as:
In 1986, I began writing my first book, The Bewitched Book, about the classic 1960s TV show starring Elizabeth Montgomery.
After five initial rejections from several well-known magazines to have it first previewed as an article, I went on to find an agent.
After receiving over 25 rejection letters from various literary agencies of every level, I found an agent who believed in me and my idea.
NOTE FROM LB:
I’ve been getting emails from readers growing impatient because they haven’t yet met the Navajo Dog of this collection of poetry. Chill, gang. I’m setting it – and you – up.
One of the most obnoxious things about writing for, you know, money, is that those who do the paying always tell us who do the writing to “speed things up,” and “Forget the beginning. Start at Act Two.” But no one’s paying me now.