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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Drake Miller is assigned to Broadway where there's no communists to persecute or sexual perks to extort but otherwise unpunished for murdering Val.]]
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* PublicityStuntRelationship: Actor Tyler Graves is rumored to be gay. The studio, wanting to turn up-and-coming actress Maya Silver into a proper star, decides to kill two birds with one stone and sets the two up for a PR relationship.
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Not to be confused with the trope FadeOut.
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* BatmanGambit: Gil kind of pulls one off on Thursby. [[spoiler: He sends Thursby a blackmail letter saying he knows what wrong Thursby has done before knowing exactly what it is, then tails Thursby's people when they go to cover their tracks, leading to the discovery of Thursby's dirty secrets]]. While Charles points out it was a really reckless plan, it manages to work.
* BerserkButton: Besmirching Val's name seems to be one for Charles.
* BetrayalGambit: Charles named Gil to get himself out of trouble as well as provide work for Gil after the event.
* BerserkButton: Besmirching Val's name seems to be one for Charles.
* BetrayalGambit: Charles named Gil to get himself out of trouble as well as provide work for Gil after the event.
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* BatmanGambit: BatmanGambit:
** Gil kind of pulls one off on Thursby. [[spoiler: He sends Thursby a blackmail letter saying he knows what wrong Thursby has done before knowing exactly what it is, then tails Thursby's people when they go to cover their tracks, leading to the discovery of Thursby's dirty secrets]]. While Charles points out it was a really reckless plan, it manages to work.
* BerserkButton: Besmirching Val's name seems to be one for Charles.
* BetrayalGambit:** Charles named Gil to get himself out of trouble as well as provide work for Gil after the event.event.
* BerserkButton: Besmirching Val's name seems to be one for Charles.
** Gil kind of pulls one off on Thursby. [[spoiler: He sends Thursby a blackmail letter saying he knows what wrong Thursby has done before knowing exactly what it is, then tails Thursby's people when they go to cover their tracks, leading to the discovery of Thursby's dirty secrets]]. While Charles points out it was a really reckless plan, it manages to work.
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* BerserkButton: Besmirching Val's name seems to be one for Charles.
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* BetrayalGambit: Charles named Gil to get himself out of trouble as well as provide work for Gil after the event.
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* RedScare: The Hollywood Blacklist is a major theme of the book. Charles named Gil to get himself out of trouble as well as provide work for Gil after the event.
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* RedScare: The Hollywood Blacklist is a major theme of the book. Charles named Gil to get himself book with one of the characters being blacklisted for his politics while another is under pressure by the government for his associations. [[spoiler: The villain turns out of trouble as well as provide work to be an FBI spy that killed a starlet for Gil after the event.refusing to submit to him or serve as a spy.]]
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Brodsky explains that [[spoiler: he actually knew the entire time that Charles had been at Val's place when she was murdered and that it was Drake Miller who murdered her. He wanted to kill Drake for it but was unable to do so because Drake was an FBI agent. Charles is disgusted to realize that Brodsky and he ''aren't'' that different and both wanted to do something but were unable to do so.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: Brodsky explains that [[spoiler: he actually knew the entire time that Charles had been at Val's place when she was murdered and that it was Drake Miller who murdered her. He wanted to kill Drake for it but was unable to do so because Drake was an FBI agent. Charles is disgusted to realize that Brodsky and he ''aren't'' that different and both wanted to do something but were unable to do so.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: Brodsky explains that [[spoiler: he actually knew the entire time that Charles had been at Val's place when she was murdered and that it was Drake Miller who murdered her. He wanted to kill Drake for it but was unable to do so because Drake was an FBI agent. Charles is disgusted to realize that Brodsky and he ''aren't'' that different and both wanted to do something but were unable to do so.]]
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** The fictional Phil Brodsky also reveals that he's a fan of ''Literature/DonQuixote'''s and actually understands Cervantes satire about excessive idealism better than most readers who see him someone to be admired. Later, he expresses genuine disgust at the system he supports.
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** The fictional Phil Brodsky also reveals that he's a fan of ''Literature/DonQuixote'''s ''Literature/DonQuixote'' and actually understands Cervantes Cervantes' satire about excessive idealism better than most readers who see him someone to be admired. Later, he expresses genuine disgust at the system he supports.
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** The fictional Phil Brodsky also reveals that he's a fan of ''Literature/DonQuixote'' ''Literature/DonQuixote'''s and actually understands Cervantes satire about excessive idealism better than most readers who see him someone to be admired. Later, he expresses genuine disgust at the system he supports.
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** The fictional Phil Brodsky also reveals that he's a fan of ''Literature/DonQuioxte'' and actually understands Cervantes satire about excessive idealism better than most readers who see him someone to be admired. Later, he expresses genuine disgust at the system he supports.
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** The fictional Phil Brodsky also reveals that he's a fan of ''Literature/DonQuioxte'' ''Literature/DonQuixote'' and actually understands Cervantes satire about excessive idealism better than most readers who see him someone to be admired. Later, he expresses genuine disgust at the system he supports.
