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From the article: "In this revelatory book, Begley shows the dark side of this showman. He disliked competitors, possessed an outsized ego, could not abide cri
by blakesterz 6y ago
From the article:
"In this revelatory book, Begley shows the dark side of this showman. He disliked competitors, possessed an outsized ego, could not abide criticism and was prone to extreme exaggeration. He was also an ardent self-promoter. "
As far as dark sides of historical figures go, that doesn't sound so bad. I really expected way worse. He actually sounds like many public figures today, not sure I'd consider those things much of a dark side now.
- elwell 6y agoClickbait title got me to read it as well... sigh
- jhbadger 6y agoExactly. I think it's just that's there's a market for stories of how our heroes were flawed so just a modern biography of Houdini wouldn't sell without that angle, as innocent as it seems to be in his case.
- donclark 6y ago> He disliked competitors, possessed an outsized ego, could not abide criticism and was prone to extreme exaggeration. He was also an ardent self-promoter. From that description, would he have been a great candidate to be a US president 4 years ago?
- Rumudiez 6y agoYes, these traits used to be quite undesirable. It’s a shame our society turns a blind eye to them now.