Talk:Anthony Swofford

message: There is a NYT review of a book by his wife, Christa Parravani, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/books/review/christa-parravani-loved-and-wanted.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces&block=trending_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=147419052&impression_id=7a2b6b63-236f-11eb-83f2-ed63a159894b&index=3&pgtype=Article®ion=footer&req_id=524793650&surface=most-popular.  The review paints an extremely unflattering portrait of Swofford, in particular his reaction to his wife's pregnancy and how she appears to support him financially.  Without having read the book or Parravani's prior memoirs, it's difficut to sort out how much is true; how much is his wife's version of events which may be colored or even enhanced for publication; and how much is the reviewer's inference. Cross Reference (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wife and further details

message: There is at least one incident reccounted in the book that is verfiably made up.  The story about the marine who's wife sends him a video-tape and edits footage of herself having sex with the neighbor is a well documented urban legend.  (See Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/military/videobye.asp ). In light of the allegations of making stuff up that have been leveled at other memoirists, are there other elements of this book that can not be documented, or rather can be shown to be false?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.106.65 (talk) 01:17, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ONCE AGAIN...this is not HIS STORY...it was another Marine's story that he stole so he had to make up other incidents to go into the movie. My little brother is the one whose story he stole and my little brother is the one who received the Navy Accommodation Medal. He has a photographic memory and can tell you every single incident that happened the nine months he was there. 2600:1700:DE80:21F0:CC9D:B22F:41F:8F57 (talk) 01:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fabulism 

message: Anyone have any idea how much money he received to make Jarhead a movie? 67.110.221.182 (talk) 00:31, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Have no idea, but he's a damn good writer. And the soundtrack to Jarhead is fantastic. :-) :-) learnportuguese 23:03, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's NOT his story. He stole it from another Marine and he didn't write it. 2600:1700:DE80:21F0:CC9D:B22F:41F:8F57 (talk) 01:37, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  payday? 

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message: He should be ashamed of himself for what he did. My little brother is whose story he told, not his own. He is a farce and should be called out for who he is. William Louis Hobbick is the true US Marine who should be credited for this story. 2600:1700:DE80:21F0:CC9D:B22F:41F:8F57 (talk) 01:35, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's a true shame that he took my brother's story from Desert Storm and got all the credit for it!!