The Drunken Journalist The Biography of a

The Drunken Journalist: The Biography of a Film Stereotype analyzes the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist, with the goal of discovering why it exists and how it operates in films.

Howard Good (B.A., Bard College; M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Michigan) is coordinator of the Journalism Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he has taught since 1985

Acknowledgments

vii

A Hundred Bottles of Beer

1

(6)

The Pictures in Our Heads

7

(10)

Drink, Drank, Drunk

17

(12)

The Ghosts of Printing House Square

29

(6)

Hello Darkness

35

(10)

Bottoms Up

45

(26)

The Dog That Bit You

71

(32)

Happy Hour

103

(14)

Mixed Drinks

117

(20)

Last Call

137

(12)

Epilogue

149

(6)

Notes

155

(26)

Select Bibliography

181

(6)

Filmography

187

(13)

About the Author

200

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The Drunken Journalist The Biography of a Film Stereotype

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