Reviews - Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire

Wonderfully dishy and sometimes inadvertently hilarious. You could easily see where Succession got the idea to do a satire, and every time I see the Sumner Redstone character ("Sandy") in Succession, I can't help but laugh. This book gives everyone a lot of material to think about (feuding concubines! elder abuse! sexual proclivities!) and how billionaires can easily spend a million without thinking about it.

Gossip aside, this book tells us even more about how the powerful control our media narratives. Sure, you might think you're already aware, but this book will deepen that understanding.

bunchd87's review against another edition

3.25

dark informative tense medium-paced

seanrmac's review against another edition

medium-paced

sgwillym's review against another edition

3.5

informative

giselles_library's review against another edition

3.0

I read this because I heard it was like Succession, and it is. I recommend it if you like gossip and investigative journalism.

Basically all these people are awful. I felt semi bad for Sumner (only because he was super old and easily manipulated) but like his daughter Shari says, that’s the life he chose.

The second part that focuses on Moonves just made me think of that saying “birds of a feather flock together”. Not shocking at all.

goodquietkitty's review against another edition

3.5

informative medium-paced

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