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Of course, the reason they are going for the hard sell in this book is because Hollywood was embroiled in horrendous moral scandals. The book addresses the reputation at the start ("the graveyard of virtue") without going into specifics about the Taylor murder, the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, or the role Will Hayes would play as federal censor, before it begins to bludgeon the reader with statistics about the number of high school graduates or how the sunny, glorious weather is aligned with the inherent God-blessedness of the place.
That said, this book was "good" in that it provided me with fantastic historical trivia for my research needs. The photographs are useful, too. But now I feel the need to cleanse my brain with reading material that is neither racist nor cloying.… (mehr)