STACY MCCAIN: Bad Boys, Bad Drugs, and Other Addictions. “She had tremendous potential, and all that potential went to waste because of the extended adolescence of the party scene that LA tolerates as normal. Grown-ups acting like teenagers without adult supervision consider themselves the height of sophistication, and sneer at those of us out here in the ‘conservative hometown’ environment of the American heartland. We’re a bunch of rubes and hicks, and the Hollywood degenerates are The Smart People — or so they tell themselves.”

Smart is as smart does.