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Dante Lee thought he was opening an investment book. But what he found inside shocked and appalled him. In a TikTok video posted this month, Lee says he was looking forward to reading "From the Block to the Bank: How to Make the Most of Your Circumstance to Maximize Your Full Potential" by his friend, Ash Cash, a Black author and financial adviser who's written at least nine books. However, when Lee opened his new copy of the book, which Cash self-published with a company called Lulu.com, he didn't find any investment advice. "Look at what I see as soon as I open the book: a picture of Hitler," Lee says in the video. "And I'm wondering, 'Why does he have a picture of Hitler in his book?' So, I scroll back to one of the first pages, and I realize: This is not his book. This is a book about Hitlerism." The copy Lee received had Cash's cover on it but a book by an entirely different author inside. Holding the book up to the camera, Lee says every page has a small swastika next to the page number. In an Instagram post about the incident, Cash expressed shock. "My friend Dante Lee bought my book, and sadly it was laced with RACIST HITLER CONTENT and Nazi signs ... thanks to a 'mistake' by Lulu Publishing," Cash wrote. Kathy Hensgen, the president and CEO of Lulu, said the book Lee received was the result of a print error. "Lulu is a print-on-demand book printing company, with each book ordered being printed at the time of order, and on rare occasions there are print errors where a cover is mismatched with an interior of a different book," Hensgen told CNN in a Wednesday email. Matt Briel, Lulu's vice president of marketing, said the company hadn't already banned the Nazi book because Lulu didn't know it existed until Cash's incident. "We did not know of its existence until Ash Cash logged a ticket and we investigated," Briel told CNN in a Thursday email. Lulu has since banned the title. "Once we ban a book and shut down the user account for violating our terms, it's impossible for the book files to get transmitted to the print facility," Briel wrote. He said the company hasn't heard whether more copies of the Nazi book with the wrong cover are in circulation, but the Nazi book could resurface. "As a DIY self-publishing platform, this is something we are always faced with," Briel wrote. "Just like social media, though, there are times where we remove content and close the account, but they just create a new one at some point and try again. We continually work to make sure this content doesn't make it onto our platform." Hensgen called the incident "the most disheartening mistake in the 20-year history" of the company. "Lulu has always and will continue to champion Black entrepreneurs in our global community," she wrote in the Wednesday email. "This awful mistake is one that hurt us to the core." A media representative for Cash told CNN that the author's attorney has advised him not to speak with the media. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
https://www.local3news.com/regional-national/he-thought-he-ordered-a-book-by-a-black-financial-adviser-the-nazi-symbols-inside/article_c153cb87-7aa9-5c87-8984-5409b0088c58.html
2022-09-25T08:17:28Z
local3news.com
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A critic who gives star-based ratings to film reviewers? Sounds strange yet interesting. Dulquer Salmaan's latest Hindi film 'Chup: The Revenge of the Artist' tells the story of a serial killer, who ruthlessly murders film critics, taking the 'dramatic' part of their reviews as inspiration for his murder methods. The murderer, who is a cinephile as well as a failed director, kills film critics "for their callous attempt to censure a director's baby" (as the killer calls a movie). The first half keeps the audience glued to their seats, except for some blood and gore scenes that would make them turn their heads off the screen. But the director does not wait for a grand denouement to reveal the murderer. Towards the end of the first half, we know who the killer is, thus making the rest of the film a cat-and-mouse race to nab him. Chup also pays a tribute to the late filmmaker Guru Dutt and his artistic finesse. The references from the auteur's last film 'Kaagaz ke Phool', which was panned by the critics and shunned by the box office but is considered a masterpiece today, is a brilliant element to be taken as a backdrop for the film. Dulquer as Sebastian Gomes aka Danny is the best part of the film and he delivers a remarkable performance. Sunny Deol as inspector Aravind Mathur and Pooja Bhatt as Dr Zenobia Shroff, a criminal psychologist, add enough pace to the film through their performances. The Family Man-fame Shreya Dhanwanthary, who plays the role of an entertainment reporter Nila Menon, has been able to convincingly portray the ambitiousness of a 'wanna-be' film critic. 'Chup' also includes a cameo appearance of actor Amitabh Bachchan who shares a small talk on the importance of movie reviews that give both the filmmakers as well as actors a scope for improvement in a positive aspect. Chup, released in theaters on September 23, is directed by R Balki, known for 'Cheeni Kum' and 'Padman'. The film, which also features Saranya Ponvannan in a supporting role, is produced under the banner of Hope Productions. The film teaser had shown a sequence in which Dulquer Salmaan is making paper flowers while singing 'Happy Birthday'. The teaser was released on Guru Dutt's birth anniversary to pay homage to the late actor-director. For the most part, 'Chup' is a one-time watchable film that has an intriguing yet crisp storyline, except for a few predictable sequences. But it does send a chill down the spine of any film critic who saw the movie to write a review.
https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2022/09/24/Chup-the-revenge-of-the-artist-dulquer-salmaan-latest-movie.amp.html
2022-09-25T08:21:56Z
onmanorama.com
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