The dynamics within Project Hollywood were interesting to say the least. I don’t know if it’s a pickup artist thing, but these guys wear tearing themselves and each other up! The narcissism, fights, and tears described in this book were a complete surprise. Men are generalized as being unemotional and non-committal (ie creepy). On an entirely separate note, I found the emotional ride that Neil Strauss takes on his journey throughout ‘The Game’ to becoming a pickup artist fascinating. In Part 1 of my review of Neil Strauss’ adventure in ‘The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists‘, I started reading the saga of Project Hollywood and these pickup artists, the so-called MPUAs, with incredible fascination and it sort of felt like I was Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist except this was a secret seduction society closed off to women like me. It’s not until they’ve made a choice, and submitted to it, that the relationship is inverted-and the man is generally back in a position of power.” “Sexual choice is one of the only areas where women are indisputably in control.
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