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In Paul Pringle’s new nonfiction thriller Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels, he takes readers behind the scenes of his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into one of Los Angeles’ biggest scandals. It all began with a drug overdose at one of the city’s hotels, which was seemingly connected to Dr. Carmen Puliafito, who ran USC’s medical school, making him one of the city’s more prominent academic figures (and a regular on the glitzy fundraising circuit, often seen rubbing elbows with celebrities and Hollywood executives). Pringle eventually discovered that the victim, Sarah Warren, was one of several young people with whom the doctor was using (and supplying) recreational drugs — the resulting exposés in the Los Angeles Times sent shockwaves through the city, and were the first of many USC-adjacent scandals he would help uncover (including the now-infamous...
In Paul Pringle’s new nonfiction thriller Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels, he takes readers behind the scenes of his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into one of Los Angeles’ biggest scandals. It all began with a drug overdose at one of the city’s hotels, which was seemingly connected to Dr. Carmen Puliafito, who ran USC’s medical school, making him one of the city’s more prominent academic figures (and a regular on the glitzy fundraising circuit, often seen rubbing elbows with celebrities and Hollywood executives). Pringle eventually discovered that the victim, Sarah Warren, was one of several young people with whom the doctor was using (and supplying) recreational drugs — the resulting exposés in the Los Angeles Times sent shockwaves through the city, and were the first of many USC-adjacent scandals he would help uncover (including the now-infamous...
- 7/14/2022
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Its satire sometimes bites, but too much of Sarah Warren’s comedian-as-spy tale splats into a puddle of self-indulgence
Canadian actor-comedian Sarah Warren writes, directs, produces and stars in this vexingly uneven comedy about an aspiring Canadian actor-comedian named Julie Robert who is struggling to get a gig or an agent or any kind of performance-related job in London. In desperation, she accepts an offer to do some spying for a plastic surgeon suspicious about what his daughter is up to with the money he gives her.
There are drunken hijinks involving Julia’s best friend Camila (Julie Sype) and satirical sideswipes against new age-y types, British men’s weird courting rituals, the vileness of talent agents and more, some of it witty and incisive. Unfortunately, too many of the gags Warren throws splat against the wall, leaving a puddle of self-indulgence, overacting and irritating film-making tics. It’s frustrating because,...
Canadian actor-comedian Sarah Warren writes, directs, produces and stars in this vexingly uneven comedy about an aspiring Canadian actor-comedian named Julie Robert who is struggling to get a gig or an agent or any kind of performance-related job in London. In desperation, she accepts an offer to do some spying for a plastic surgeon suspicious about what his daughter is up to with the money he gives her.
There are drunken hijinks involving Julia’s best friend Camila (Julie Sype) and satirical sideswipes against new age-y types, British men’s weird courting rituals, the vileness of talent agents and more, some of it witty and incisive. Unfortunately, too many of the gags Warren throws splat against the wall, leaving a puddle of self-indulgence, overacting and irritating film-making tics. It’s frustrating because,...
- 10/1/2015
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
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