Essay on "Death by Hollywood" by Steven Bochco, a Study in Dramatic Irony
Title: Essay on "Death by Hollywood" by Steven Bochco, a Study in Dramatic Irony
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1363 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Essay on "Death by Hollywood" by Steven Bochco, a Study in Dramatic Irony
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1363 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Essay on Death by Hollywood
by Steven Bochco
Student: Eric Kasum
Advisor: Rachel Pollack
Goddard College
February 21, 2004 - Winter/Spring
Death by Hollywood, a novel by Steven Bochco, is a study in the use of irony. Unfortunately, the legendary creator of cop shows like Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law probably shouldn't have tried to write a novel. Death is a strange book to read, with almost no literary devices, virtually no visual or
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up. Jelko tells us that he's placing the manuscript in a safe deposit box - to be released only in the event of his death. The guy who's been telling us the story all this time (in present tense), our narrator Eddie Jelko, is already dead, six feet under in a pine box. On the last few words of the last page, we discover that, alas, we never even suspected the biggest secret of all.