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If you wanted any further proof Hollywood is stupid, it seems that Neil Strauss' Times Styles story about being taught the secrets of the pick-up (wickedly dissected in New Yorkish) was optioned by Columbia Pictures. Oh, sweet Lord. Next thing Gothamist knows, David Spade or Rob Schneider or DJ Qualls will be cast as the "average frustrated chump" who will uses "negs" to "momentarily lower a woman's self-esteem and to suggest an intriguing disinterest."
This movie was much better when it was Roger Dodger.
Related: low culture on Neil Strauss' many facets.
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100 bucks says this will be offered to me... ugh. I hate this town.
they can spin into something much darker if they really wanted to...sociopaths make good film fodder..
assuming they are so socipathic to begin with that thye need this dick slinger professor or whatever..
Did anyone read this article?
The pick up artist was a freakin' magician. (No, not David Blaine)
didn't they already make a movie about guys like this, starring robert downey jr?
something tells me that Neill Strauss has just taken over for Donald Trump as the new Blogger whipping boy.
Does anyone have a link to the whole article (the one provided only has the intro paragraph and an option to buy)?
the refering article can be found here:
http://seductiondigest.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_seductiondigest_archive.html
who buys these days?
I can just see the blind items on Page 6 now - WHAT hot young Hollywood hunk has been angling to play 'Mystery' - the card-slinging, spangly-vested seductioneer in Paramount's upcoming reality-based datefest "The Neg." Scott Baio set to cameo as self...