IT’S GOT TO BE BETTER THAN THE 1990 MOVIE, BUT THAT’S NOT SAYING MUCH: Chuck Lorre’s ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ Series in Development at Amazon.
To understand how PC (then in its early phases), Hollywood tinkering and egos run amok and Murphy’s Law on mega-steroids can conspire to sink a multimillion dollar adaptation of one of the definitive 1980s novels, Julie Salamon’s classic 1991 book The Devil’s Candy is a must-read.