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The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel:

“Dick”—our scribe

Dick—is the writer and bit player in the “dirty” movie, and, therefore, scripted to be the loser, on all counts. He’s the least sympathetic character in the book (purposely so). As the “author,” he contributes the scenario for the fetishy “dirty movie”—except for the ending, which, he promises to provide “in person.” What happens from there is essentially a dark joke, further propelling the story to its own dramatic and ironic conclusion. His sad fate is to give true weight to the book's title, as only a writer can.


Other writer-in-hell references:

Sunset Boulevard : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
Sunset Boulevard
The Lost Weekend : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
The Lost Weekend
(Billy Wilder wrote 2 of them.)

“Talent, ambition. That's dead long ago. That's drowned.”
— Ray Milland from The Lost Weekend

Sunset Boulevard : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
(Then William Holden as the “already-dead” writer in Sunset Boulevard's opening.)

Sunset Boulevard : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
(Let's not forget Erich von Stroheim's service-oriented sub role. Yes, sub.)

Billy Wilder : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
(Billy Wilder's headstone: Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.)

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Barton Fink : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
Barton Fink
The Player : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
The Player

Of course, everyone hates the “writer.”
What about fucking sexploitation?
 PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.
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Sexploitation? What's that?
Sunset Boulevard : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results. Sunset Boulevard : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results. Sunset Boulevard : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel by Richard Perez : PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.

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