GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
By the Cmmdr
549 pps.
Little, Brown, publishers.
“… manages with compelling prose to convey the utter despair of the has-been actor trying to find a remnant of meaning in present day Los Angeles.”
Nyack News
“…. destroys preconceptions about the actor’s life in Hollywood. The portrait of the Ensign is the saddest thing I’ve come across in modern literature.”
Greg Edelstien
“Makes one think twice about entering show business. “
Austin Pendleton
“Going Out Of Business will break your heart! Towards the end of this magnificent novel, when ’L’il ‘Buddy flop-sweats his way through an audition for a non-equity dinner theatre in Dirt, South Dakota, you want to just reach out to the little sap and say Wake Up!! Leave the business!! But we can’t, and we wish we could.”
Gun World Quaterly
“The Cmmdr has achieved a small miracle. He has revealed the pain and the fear of the thespian’s world in a way that touches us all. My heart went out to the lanky, gawky Cabin Boy, begging to be able to dance and sing for his supper, while it’s so obvious he’s too rural for the role….”
Baltimore Sun.
“….the Spoiler, a golden smirk on his perfectly chiseled face, standing there on his yacht wearing a "Ned and Stacey" T-shirt while Calista Flockhart pleasures herself, the Mediterranean sun setting in the distance….these images haunt. Bravos to the Cmmdr!!
Hebron Gazette
3 comments:
Brilliant.
It was in 1979 that I went to a matinee of "The Little Foxes" directed by Austin Pendleton. I recognized him and pointed him out to my father, who embarrassed me by telling him that I was going to become an actor.
"Don't," said Mr. Pendleton.
Get out of my head, CMMDR!
ahhhh, 'l'il 'buddy.....I, the Cmmdr, know all!!!
Funny story, L'''i''''d'' A frighteningly similar thing happened to me.
It was in 1988, and I saw a production of ALMOST PERFECT at the HUDSON GUILD THEATRE, where the CMMDR played a character called BUDDY. After the performance He said "Should I continue to be an actor?" I said "DON'T"
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