Review: Can't These Alpha Males Handle Real Women?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
Jason Luke is good at writing about sexy, confident/arrogant men. It is fortunate for him that the "alpha male" is in vogue.  I only wish he could do justice to the female interviewers in this series.  "Interview with a Master" suffered from a weak female protagonist -- no magazine would hire a journalist as naive and intellectually mediocre as Leticia.  It was clear that she only existed as a foil for the Master, an excuse for him to monologue.  I enjoyed his monologues, to be sure -- they were eloquent and at times profound -- but while that book may have given Mr. Luke a reputation for understanding women, it is clear with this second "Interview" that he simply doesn't know how to write realistic female characters who go beyond plot devices.Connie initially comes across as a puritanical, judgemental "woman of a certain age", even though she is only in her thirties.  From her behavior, she seems more like a sixty-year-old virgin, a caricature of prudish ignorance.  I know quite a number of professional women, including journalists, and her behavior is just too over the top to believe.  And Rick, the titular porn star (although really he's much higher up the food chain as a filmmaker) is just another version of Master Jonah in his smug superiority.I really liked Jason Luke's writing at first glance.  He undoubtedly has a lot of talent.  However, Mr. Luke's enthusiastic fan base may be more of a liability than a help, if their fawning praise prevents him from seeing and correcting a very serious flaw in his portrayal of women.