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A TV traditionalist with a weird streak DAVID LETTERMAN’S DEPARTURE FROM
CBS’s Late Show in 2015 put an end to television’s most fascinating barometer:
the Letterman mood. With guests he could be flirtatious (Julia Roberts) or disdainful (Paris Hilton); toward figures in the news he could be engaged (John McCain,usually) or scathing (John McCain,campaign 2008).
Jason Zinoman’s new book Letterman chronicles the manner by which Letterman, an
angst-filled raw nerve,built his TV franchise.It’s a contradiction the author relishes: Letterman’s innovation(his seeming depiction of the workings of a twisted mind) gained power from its rigorous formalism. As Zinoman puts it,
“He had gradually turned into a fascinatingly disgruntled eccentric trapped inside a more traditional talk show.”
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