Controlling Proportion Size: Jerome Robbins Shows Why Some Things Are Just Too Big For the Cover of a Book
If O.J. Simpson having his book canned wasn't sexy enough publishing industry news for you, meet the cover of Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins. Amanda Vaill's biography of the the West Side Story choreographer was published late last month and – unlike, say, Katie Couric's cover of CBS's Watch magazine or any Glamour cover ever – it wasn't Jerome's hips that needed slimming. The final version of the book jacket appears decidedly less, let's say, impressive than the original mock up.
Perhaps the above version will explain the Dick Cheney levels of endowment fun, but if not, click the image for a larger version.
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And what happened to Bernardo's right hand?