Michael J. Wallach

Book Review

Bob Fraser

Let's begin with a little moaning and groaning on my part: Michael Wallach has written a book I wish I'd written.

The best thing about his book is that it speaks the truth.

In this book, Dick and Jane are actors. Get it? How To Get Arrested is a primer for the acting business. And frankly, their stories will give you the kind of knowledge you MUST HAVE– to have any hope of success in Show Biz.

Dick and Jane's Trip to Hollywood contains episode after episode that
prove the truth of this fact: Different choices, inevitably, lead to different results.

From what they decide to eat on the plane to Los Angeles – to how they listen to the cab driver on the way from LAX to their apartment ...
Dick and Jane begin their journey as friends, but they make different
choices, distinctions and realizations as each tries to "make a go of
it" in Hollywood.

So ... who "makes it?" Dick or Jane?

I'm not going to give that part away – because Mr. Wallach has constructed this delightful fable in such a way that I'm sure you will KNOW which is which, as the story progresses.

Mr. Wallach, a talent manager, has coalesced a broad range of knowledge into this easy to read book. He touches on all the main
actor's issues. Those things that determine success in this business – and he does it with precise and complete examples of the differences between Dick's way of doing things ... and Jane's way.

Personally, I loved the adventures of Dick and Jane in Hollywood.

Every actor who cares about working should read How To Get Arrested.
It is one of the easiest to understand explanations of how "this town"
really works, I've ever seen.

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