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''The Bonfire of the Vanities'', written by Creator/TomWolfe, was originally serialized in ''Magazine/RollingStone'' in 27 installments starting in 1984. It was then heavily revised and published in novel form in 1987.
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''The Bonfire of the Vanities'', a novel written by Creator/TomWolfe, was originally serialized in ''Magazine/RollingStone'' in 27 installments starting in 1984. It was then heavily revised and published in novel book form in 1987.
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* MeaningfulName: Journalist Peter Fallow's name is pronounced the same as the name of the Italian historical event which inspired the title: the ''"[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_of_the_vanities falò delle vanità]]"''. ''"Falo"'' in Italian means "bonfire", and as a yellow journalist, Peter ("the Bonfire") stokes the flames of the sensationalist event.
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* {{Shoutout}}: In the film, [=McCoy's=] sees a performance of the opera ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', which is about the damnation of a pleasure-seeker.
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* {{Shoutout}}: ShoutOut: In the film, [=McCoy's=] sees a performance of the opera ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', which is about the damnation of a pleasure-seeker.
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* {{Shoutout}}: In the film, [=McCoy's=] sees a performance of the opera ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', which is about the damnation of a pleasure-seeker.
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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: A journalist, Fallow, is the narrator in the film adaptation, whereas Sherman [=McCoy=] is clearly the protagonist of the story.
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* {{Narrator}}: Fallow in the film adaptation.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film starts with Fallow arriving to a cerenomy made to honor him as the author of a successful book about the [=McCoy=] case. Then most of the film is a {{Flashback}} which tells what happened to Sherman [=McCoy=].
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* MostWritersAreWriters: In the original ''Rolling Stone'' version, Sherman is a writer. Averted in the book version, where Wolfe decided it would be more interesting to make him an investment banker.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: MostWritersAreWriters:
** In the original ''Rolling Stone'' version, Sherman is a writer. Averted in the book version, where Wolfe decided it would be more interesting to make him an investmentbanker.banker.
** In the film adaptation, the narrator, Fallow, is a journalist and a writer.
** In the original ''Rolling Stone'' version, Sherman is a writer. Averted in the book version, where Wolfe decided it would be more interesting to make him an investment
** In the film adaptation, the narrator, Fallow, is a journalist and a writer.
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* WritersSuck: In the film, Fallow is a writer and an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]].
