Many “work on what you love” pieces overreach in their optimism. But there’s something about this writing by Scott Belsky, cofounder of Behance, that’s compelling. Maybe it’s the compactness and realism of what he’s pitching: work on things that you have genuine interest for, talent and opportunity.
Andrew Lapin at The Dissolve:
The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook were David O. Russell films hiding inside Hollywood ones. American Hustle is the opposite. It’s so gauzy and extravagant that every outsized, Russell-lite character cancels out another one. What’s left is a political convention: a snazzy pageant with big flashbulbs that has little to do with the actual candidates. There is no emotional truth here, merely the sweet stench of the con.