Ex-Mrs Grazer Able To Step Into The Mind Of A Rich Divorcée
Gigi Levangie, author of The Starter Wife, has so much of producer Brian Grazer’s money after their divorce, that she can write books about her rich divorcée life just to piss him off.
Publisher’s Weekly has a review of her latest, Queen Takes King, and they liked it well enough, though its characters are “celluloid” and totally unbelievable. It tells the tale of an aging ballet dancer who divorces a real estate mogul and oh gosh how are they going to figure out how to still be rich without each other.
After 25 years of marriage-most of it squandered on unspoken disappointment, stifled grief and wasted affection-ex-ballerina Cynthia Power and real estate tycoon hubby Jackson are headed for divorce. At the same time, Jackson’s latest condo project is teetering and Carolyn’s ballet board is in turmoil. Though lesbian daughter Vivienne counsels Cynthia to “think three moves ahead,” Jackson, torn between his ambitious and reckless lover and imperious father, is staying in the game by sheer grit.
So let’s see if we can unpack this dense allegory. The ballet dancer—free, creative, supported by chic lesbo daughter—is the saintly Levangie, right? And the gritty one with the reckless relationship is the insane-haired Grazer? Phew. Maybe the ballet dancer demands seven thousand dollars a month for “fine art,” too. Or, maybe, because of creative licence and stuff, it’s like six thousand instead.
We’re sure that divorces send both gentlemen and ladies, both rich and poor, reeling—it’s the end of an error, after all—but if Levangie continues to insist to solely mine the shallow depths of rich divorcée ennui, we might start thinking she’s some sort of opportunist.
Either way, we encourage you to pick up the tome, which drops in June, lest the poor Levangie be forced to scrape by on her $US1 million-a-month divorce settlement. The poor dear.
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I like that the reviewer makes a point of mentioning that the fictional daughter is a lesbian lest we forget how the chick lit universe is always amazingly diverse and quirky.
And the gays must be thrilled to upgrade from magic gay male best friend who gives out tips on hair and makeup to magic gay daughter who gives out tips on living and loving.
@Spirit Fingers: Oooo! Let's do Phil Spector next!
About Grazer, am I the only one thinking this?
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Spirit Fingers
They look perfect for each other, in that I in no way want to imagine either of them having sex with other people
slainte_pants
More poison for women.
BookishLookish
When I was a kid, I thought Brian Grazer played Starsky. I wuz a stoopid kid.
Mymoustache
@BookishLookish: It's the only way we can keep you from gathering in numbers and getting the right to vote.
Sproing
Brian Grazer@BookishLookish:
Yes, I know I'm just a fumbling fool, Bookish -- but take the afternoon off, walk in the park, get laid. There is joy in New York, but it's fled your cubicle.
I just picked up "Maneater" (her first book?) at a thrift sale and I have to say, the writing is actually really sharp and funny. It sorta makes me want to move to California!
And, as all my pals at S&S have told me, Gigi scribbled every word of this book. Faced with such a manuscript, the editor had so little to do that she simply threw up her hands and shouted: "A star is born!"
Whenever I see Brian Grazer, I think of the guy from Wings! Steven Weber. They are the same person! I have never seen them in the same room and I have been in so many different rooms with famous people!!
@smithhimself: I do not sit in a cubicle, sir. And I have the right to call a spade a spade.
BookishLookish
"End of an error," so classic Richard, where did you lift it from? Jes' kiddin'.
miss_msry
@slainte_pants: I want to imagine me having s@x with her.
@BookishLookish: Yep, this one has an office.
Unlike some of us, who've had to hollow out a cavern in the filing cabinets with a plastic spoon.
@CodePink: I have been in even more different rooms. And based on my meticulous notes on the famous people in and out of them, I can tell you that Steven Weber is actually William Fichtner. Brian Grazer on the other hand is future JD from Scrubs who has time-traveled back to our century to warn us about mousse abuse.
To anyone who has ever witnessed the eternally-puerile Mr. Grazer in person, you understand why his ex is due so much of his lucre--it begs the question of how much money would it take for you to submit to death-by-the-human-paper-cut-that-is-Bry... Grazer?
A million a month is a good place to start...
Who can I bang and get 1mil/month in a divorce?
HarbingerTG
Woah woah woah, stop the press. I thought grazer was the concigliare in the gay mafia.
sunstroked
How great would it be if her first name was actually Gigli?
Come on. The "reckless one" has to be Gigi - rumor around town was that she was having the affair. And what's up with her docu-fictionalizing everything in her books. I mean - they have young kids...
Sam1111
Keep it classy kids!