Timing

I've been reading David Evanier's Woody: The Biography.  That's Woody Allen, if you were wondering.  The book is copyrighted in 2015.  I'm reminded of Mark Whitaker's major bio of Bill Cosby, which was published in 2014.  Both came out just before the storm broke.

In Bill Cosby's case, it was considerably more serious, as demonstrated by the fact he's now behind bars.  But Woody has become persona non grata to much of show biz, which is its own kind of punishment. (He's always gone his own way, and acted as if he were above it all, but he still needs funding, and actors willing to work with him.)

It must be tough on the writer to work for years on something only to find, once it's out that it's immediately dated, and that no one can read your book the way you intended.  Well, as they say, the most important thing in comedy is timing.

PS  I'm the last person who should be making fun of someone's looks, but the photo of Evanier on the book jacket reminds me of Alfred E. Neuman.