Powerhouse

The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency

De: James Andrew Miller

Narrado por: James Andrew Miller, Kirby Heyborne, Ann Richardson

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Solid Story, Questionable Voice Work

Here's the good: excellent insight into the business of Hollywood, TV and broadcast sports. You won't come away with a ton of hard business skills from this book other than be nice to people and value relationships over everything, but I found great value in the telling of CAA's early years led by their founders. In short, the origins of the CAA story is about the American Dream, friendship (or lack thereof) and hustle. I appreciated the multiple voice actors as well. The interviews are consistently candid in the first 3/4 of the book. Here's the bad: the last 3rd of the book could be chopped off. It's essentially a long form advertisement for their advisory services and sports arm. The voice acting is robotic and needs more variety. I love JAM but he is not a terribly gifted voice over actor. Oddly enough I would have appreciated more editorial commentary or 3rd party data to properly verify aspects of this story.

Epic. The history of CAA

An epic telling of the CAA story not told by Michael Ovitz. It zooms right along as it entertains, informs and educates. A big negative is one of the narrators needs to really work on his enunciation.

Good info..bad structure

Some cool stories and behind the scenes info on Hollywood agencies and the players. Slow structure with tons of short quotes from pieces of interviews and very repetitive.

This. Was. AMAZING.

What a remarkable book. I couldn't stop listening--in the car, while eating, in the shower. A fascinating look at the rise of CAA. Of power, business, the entrepreneurial spirit, and human psychology. Where you're interested in entertainment, film, TV, acting, or business this is a must read/listen.

Some of the audiobook was off from the hard copy

Some of the audiobook was off from the hard copy but it didn’t take away too much from my experience.