Journalist and Essayist

David Samuels

1 article 1997

David Samuels is a journalist and essayist known for his long-form writing on American culture, politics, and media. He has contributed to publications including The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, and The New Yorker. He wrote a piece on Hollywood for The Weekly Standard in 1997.

HOLLYWOOD OR BUST

August 18, 1997 · Magazine, Books and Arts

It's hard to say exactly when it started, the d-girls in tight black dresses from Penn, the agents with degrees from Yale, sitcom writers from Harvard, up-and-coming young executives who knew each other at Brown, staying out all night at parties at someone's brand-new million-dollar house in the…