A little Shakespeare quote there: some people destroy themselves. Anna's friend from the hotel said it. Anna could read people and their greed. The marks wanted to believe her fantasies because they were in an unreal mind-frame: why work, plan, be restrained, save, produce when you caaaan influence and bedazzle. I wanted Julia Garner to succeed. I saw her describe how she built Ann's accent. Loved it. Grating? Anna probably grated on people not in her trap, people with sense. What Anna was building was nothing. She was just riding other people's excesses. Anderson Cooper said the Vanderbilts made their fortune vanish in three generations by lavish building and expecting their taste to be the norm. It was le frisson d' eau sur la mousse: the shimmer of water on the foam (of a breaking wave). Insubstantial fluff. A description of the 1890s, end of century, Belle Epoque, when plutocrats reigned. There are still people living on image and gullible confidence and people falling for it. They have only temselves to blame.
Review of Inventing Anna
