I enjoyed the mordant humor and I always enjoy Jeffrey Wright's performances. Having just read 'Yellowface', the recent novel by Rebecca Kuang, which similarly deconstructs the publishing and entertainment business from an Asian American's perspective, the themes were quite familiar.

As a similarly shell shocked elitist, I totally get Wright's character and his attitude toward the world and other people, although I may be slightly better at keeping my grumpiness under wraps - up to a point.

The discussion between Wright and the black woman writer over lunch centers the films ambivalent attitude toward art and culture: In the end you either give the people what they want or you confront the wall of stupidity head on and usually come away with a concussion. The best choice is probably just to take the money and run.