The Skinny About Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads and Other Media Lingo: The Language of the Media

From the author of Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communciations comes this witty guide to the remarkable words that come from the media. In this compilation, Weiner reveals stories and meanings of familiar and unfamiliar words and phrases from sources such as Hollywood movies, the theater, publishing, broadcast TV, and other media. Featuring everything from "yellowbacks" to "yellow journalism," "white mail" to the "Great White Way,"...

By Richard Weiner
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Random House Reference (April 11, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375721479
ISBN-13: 978-0375721472
Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 7346190
Format: PDF Text djvu book

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Ever wondered about the meaning of terms listed at the end of a movie? (It's called a "crawl".) Here's a book that, for the first time, explains it all. I found it indispensable for understanding the various terms involved not only in tv, but media i

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