ʻO kahi puke e lawe iā mākou i loko o ka lumi hope o Hollywood hanohano. ʻO kahi fiction e pili ana i nā ola kaʻao e kau i lalo i ka kapeta ʻulaʻula. Nānā kokoke i nā hōkū akamai kahi e makemake ai nā mea āpau e hiʻohiʻona.
Ma kēia puke ʻAanui, ʻo ka mea kākau ʻo Patrick Dennis, pili pili loa i ka hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o nā makahiki 50 a me 60, e hemo ai ka moʻolelo kaʻao farandulian a hōʻike i ke ola o nā mea hana keaka, nā luna hoʻomalu, nā mea hana, nā mea kākau moʻolelo a me nā noi ʻē aʻe, e hoʻolilo ana iā lākou i puʻupuʻu o nā mea e pili ana i ka ʻōlinolino mau o ka mua a me ka hanohano.
E ʻakaʻaka i nā mea āpau, ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana me ʻoe iho. ʻO Patrick Dennis ponoʻī ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i kāna puke me kona inoa ponoʻī a me kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he mea kākau i hoʻohewa ʻia i kahi jam makakū. Ua holo aku ka luna nui ʻo Leander Starr i nā ʻāina Mekiko e pakele ai i nā wahine a me nā luna ʻauhau, a ua hōʻuluʻulu iā ia e kākau i ka moʻolelo no kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hou.
Me he mea lā ʻo Don Quixote lāua ʻo Sancho Panza, neʻe nā mea ʻelua i kahi satire ma ka honua o ka kinima. Me nā mea eccentricities a me nā nāwaliwali, me kāna mau lawehala a me nā megalomanias. ʻO ka honua kaʻao o nā mea hanohano o nā Hollywood i ʻike nui ʻia e pae i kēia puke. Akā ma kekahi ʻano ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Maʻalahi lawa ka Mythologizing. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo ma hope o nā hōʻailona hōʻailona e noho ana i nā kūlana hanohano i ka manaʻo kaulana, hoʻohaʻahaʻa iki i ka mea me ka soda.
ʻOiai i ka hopena, ke ʻike nei i nā pōpilikia a me ka haʻahaʻa, e ʻakaʻaka ana me ka walaʻau a me ka pupule o kēlā mau mea hana keaka i loko o kēlā mau makahiki, ua pau ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka kaʻao. He mea kānalua ʻole ia, ʻoi aku ka pili o ka nostalgia no ka wā i hala ma mua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o nā hōkū ma ke kapeta ʻulaʻula.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke ʻAanui, ka puke hou na ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Patrick Dennis, ma aneʻi:
1 manaʻo ma "Genius, na Patrick Dennis"