He wrote by hand, because this forced his brain to wait, and he strove for a style that preserved an "oralish, out-loud feel" (a detail Mr Max tucks away in the endnotes, which read like entertaining out-takes from a fine film).Wallace was preoccupied with the manipulative desire-mill of a media-saturated society.
Many of those tasks were to help with Taiwanese dignitaries visiting Ms. Chang's house, where she frequently entertained out-of-town guests for fund-raising purposes, Mr. Rubenstein said.
"She Had to Say Yes" doesn't reflect much in the way of cinematic artistry, but its script and performances have a documentary-like force in their depiction of the life of a "customer's girl" — a female employee coaxed or coerced by her bosses (men, of course) to entertain out-of-town buyers (men, of course) who expect to be provided women in exchange for their lucrative orders.
There's a lot more bad-burgers-from-room-service nights than fabulous nights out entertaining on the company dime.
"They want to be able to entertain out there and have an oasis that they don't have to share with people unless they've invited them over".
Louis Menand, in a review of "For Keeps" in www.nybooks.com/articles/1959, says, "Kael's contention that 'serious' movies should meet the same standard as pulp — that they should be entertaining — turned out to be an extremely useful and widely adopted critical principle.
A fun, entertaining laugh-out-loud book!
Even before he became a bona fide film star with "The Hangover" movies, Galifianakis was one of the most beloved touring stand-up comedians in America, entertaining sold-out theaters and comedy clubs with his odd mix of one-liners, piano noodling, and visual elements.
She was skilled at her job, and it was always entertaining to hang out after school in the shop while she finished her work; one heard extraordinary stories as she straightened hair, or cut it.
