I think this column may go head to head with Dominick Dunne for sheer name-dropping. But it’s mesmerizing nonetheless. Amazing email sent by Robert Hughes, burly Time art critic, to AOLTimeWarner macher Gerry Levin, quoted by Tina:
How can I convey to you the disgust which your name awakens in me begins Hughes to LevinThe merger with Warner was a catastrophe. But the hitherto unimagined stupidity, the blind arrogance of your deal with Case simply beggars description. How can you face yourself knowing how much history, value and savings you have thrown away on your mad, ignorant attempt to merge with a wretched dial-up ISP? . . . I dot know what advice you have to offer, but I have some for you. Buy some rope, go out the back, find a tree and hang yourself. If you had any honour you would.
Tell us how you really feel, Bob.
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