Gross Out. - Review - book reviews

Reason, Oct, 1999 by Steve Kurtz

Despite its weaknesses, The Gross remains an interesting foray into Hollywood. When Bart set out to write his book he took as his model The Season, William Goldman's work about the 1967-68 Broadway season, where each chapter takes on a different production. Broadway has changed considerably since then, but that book is still delightful, filled with insights that make it worth reading even if it no longer describes how things get done on the Great White Way. It's doubtful The Gross will be remembered so fondly 30 years hence. However, while there's a better book waiting to be written about Bart's subject, until it comes out, The Gross will do just fine.

Steve Kurtz, a Los Angeles-based screenwriter, fearlessly predicts that Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace will be the year's biggest hit.