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In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Description:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Introduction -- 1. The Artist Employee -- 2. Two Front Lines -- 3. The Infant Prodigy -- 4. Mavericks -- 5. Confederation -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Screenwriters and Selected Credits -- Appendix B: Methodology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author
The Writers is the only comprehensive qualitative analysis of the history of writers and writing in the film, television, and streaming media industries in America. Featuring in-depth interviews with over fifty writers—including Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, and Frank Pierson—The Writers delivers a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the role and rights of writers in Hollywood and New York over the past century