Newsflash—Hollywood's a weird place filled with weird people. Some people come to fulfill their lifelong ambition of becoming movie stars. Some come to make a quick buck off some gullible suckers. And some people, as Tod Hackett so eloquently states, simply come to California to die. That's Hollywood for you, though: it's like every nutjob on the planet got thrown into a leaky blender with a janky lid. As we dive deeper into the twisted world of Tinseltown, however, we realize that the issues that haunt this town are the same ones affecting the country at large—just in a weirder, more spectacular way.
Questions About Visions of Hollywood
- Why do so many people retire to California?
- Does Tod like Hollywood? Explain.
- Compare and contrast upper-class Hollywood and lower-class Hollywood.
- How does Tod's view of Los Angeles reflect his view of the United States at large?