Talk:Boy Wonder (novel)

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No reviews?
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Punks
Someone commented "Punks did not exist in 1966" - well the word had a different meaning then  than  the musical/culture movement of later in the century. Rich Farmbrough, 12:36 18 October 2008 (UTC).

Similarities
Ummm aren't we forgetting something here? Yes there were lots of similarities between the plot of Boy Wonder and the life of James Robert Baker, its author. Such as the fact that they both commited suicide. Sounds like James Robert Baker pretty much signalled his intention to take his own life some 9 years before actually doing so. Isn't this relevant? Ryan Albrey (talk) 21:57, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

The current review (3/14/09) is full of errors
I wish I had more time to write a full entry, but to correct what is there

1) The Tragers are not upper middle class. If anything, they are lower middle to straight lower class. Mac Trager owns a gas station and the Tragers definitely live in a poorer part of Orange County. 2) Shark never "hangs around with hippies" in his teens. Drug taking surfers, musicians and some extremely violent political radicals, but no hippies. 3) Shark never graduated from UCLA. After the "incident" with his student film, he drops out and eventually starts to work in the industry, starting out at Regal Films. 4) Shark did not make pornographic films. He wrote, under a pen name, some ridiculous exploitation films and did some uncredited directing, but they weren't XXX films in the sense they are thought of today. They got their rating because of violence. Remember, "Midnight Cowboy" got an X rating in 1969. 5) There are no actual studios mentioned in the book. Baker used pseudonyms. 6) Trager never made a movie called "Boy Wonder". 7) Shark Trager was never a credited director on any film he produced. 8) Shark was killed by the police. He was buried at see and his body was eaten by sharks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Effortlessly trad (talk • contribs) 13:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

readability
Am i the only one who thinks the plot is unreadable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.113.255.98 (talk) 18:44, 15 December 2009 (UTC)