It�s Hollywood, Jim, but not as we know it

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 28, 2004 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELAESE



It would appear that rumours of Alexander Nderitu�s demise were greatly exaggerated. Nearly two years after releasing his debut e-novel, When the Whirlwind Passes, the former movie reviewer is back with What�s Wrong With This Picture?, a comedic stage play about Hollywood.

It would appear that rumours of Alexander Nderitu�s demise were greatly exaggerated. Nearly two years after releasing his debut e-novel, 'When the Whirlwind Passes', the former movie reviewer is back with 'What�s Wrong With This Picture?', a comedic stage play about Hollywood.



The farce revolves around Jack Lloyd, a failed Alfred Hitchcock whose attempts at producing a hit movie in California are frustrated at every turn. He is what Graham Greene might have called, �a burnt-out case�.



Although Nderitu admits that he was under the influence (of instant coffee) when he wrote this comedy, he believes that his unflattering portrait of the Hollywood film-making scene is more accurate than most people would like to admit.

�People still have this fairy-tale image of Tinseltown,� he says. �They think it�s a magical place paved with gold and populated with smooth young men and angelic little girls. Well, it�s not� Movie-making is an expensive, complicated and difficult affair. Don�t let the red-carpet glamour fool you.� Nderitu echoes the sentiments of producer Michael Hauge who wrote, �The process of making a film involves so many people, so much money, so much talent, so many egos, so many physical obstacles and so may things that can go wrong that it is a near miracle every time a movie gets made, let alone is any good.� ('Writing Screenplays That Sell', Elm Tree Books, pg.287-288).



What�s Wrong With This Picture? (or, more accurately, How Alexander Nderitu Sees Hollywood) is written in a style reminiscent of humourist S.J.Perelman ('Acres & Pains', 'Crazy Like A Fox') and dedicated to �the granddaddy of playwrights� William Shakespeare. Most of the action takes place on a film set and although there is a large cast of well-portrayed characters, there isn�t a single African in sight.



The e-book is available at www.ask-alex.com at a cost of $ USD 3.00.

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