Crouching Fire, Hidden Drought--Part.2: 'The Revenge of the Writers'

A new movie about an angry mob of creative writers—novelists, poets, short story writers, and memoirists (et.al.) all of whom have every right to be angry, having suffered through years of rejection, writer’s block, inept publicists, unscrupulous agents, corrupt publishers—has caught my eye.

I usually don’t watch sequels as sequels usually turn out to be worse than the original, which is many cases isn’t any good to begin with, but in this case the subject matter is intriguing.

The plot: after leading a hunger strike at the international headquarters of the world-wide conglomerate Blofeld Publishing and attracting only one fellow striker, a lovely 40ish award-winning female poet, our hero decides to self-immolate on a stack of his rejected manuscripts, setting off a combustible world-wide movement of fellow and fellowista scribblers…

I won’t reveal the ending. It’s enough to say Crouching Fire, Hidden Drought—Part 2: The Revenge of the Writers is a riveting cinematic experience that tackles major issues—climate change, man’s inhumanity to man, unwanted Spam calls, the existential threat bad writing poses to us all, and more.

So, roll up those yoga mats, cancel your subscription to Poetry Magazine or whatever effete literary rag you frequent, and join in the chorus of concerned writers who come together in this epic film to triumph over the forces of writing workshops, MFA writing programs, Book Festivals and other methods of literary tomfoolery…