CRAFT

By David Perlstein | March 8, 2019

Last Monday, Carolyn was in Hollywood shooting a scene for a TV show running on CBS. I can’t reveal which until before it airs, but I can say that her comments got me thinking about the little things—the mastery of craft—required of us all. This was not Carolyn’s first rodeo. She’s appeared on “Chuck” (ABC),…

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EXODUS AND CHARLIE HEBDO

By David Perlstein | January 9, 2015

Recently, I saw a Hollywood guild screening of Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings. Last Wednesday, two gunmen killed 12 people at the Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo. (As I write, French security forces have just killed the terrorists.) The film and the murders tell overlapping yet different stories. If you’re thinking, “Wait. I’ve got to…

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