{"id":3814,"date":"2025-06-02T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjgreenphoto.com\/Blog\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:09:25","slug":"dorothy-comedy-writer-in-high-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjgreenphoto.com\/Blog\/dorothy-comedy-writer-in-high-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy: Captive in the Underworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3815 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/rjgreenphoto.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20110810England0005COVER-XBBB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rjgreenphoto.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20110810England0005COVER-XBBB.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rjgreenphoto.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20110810England0005COVER-XBBB-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A Brooklyn gangster. <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u2028<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A Russian gangster. <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A comedy writer in the middle.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a dead uncle leaves a $30K debt to a Brooklyn gangster, he demands Dorothy pay it.<br \/>\nA Russian gangster in New Jersey kidnaps Dorothy to write a James Bond-style movie for him to star in.<br \/>\nA humor writer for magazines and a joke writer for stand-up comedians, Dorothy\u2019s clients panic when the writer disappears.<\/p>\n<p>Trapped between the gangsters, an elderly man helps Dorothy escape to Iceland, only to vanish, leaving the writer as a murder suspect. Problems increase when another gang, rivals of the Brooklyn and Russian gangsters, pressures Dorothy for a deadly favor. A wealthy ex-gangster in Taiwan, owner of a publishing empire and nightclub, hires the writer. Desperate, Dorothy heads to the island hoping to get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>The James Bond-style movie premieres in London. Dorothy returns to England. A plot is hatched to kidnap the writer. Gangsters turn up at a celebratory party demanding a cut of the movie\u2019s profits. But threats are made. Then guns are drawn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CTHSMLY3\">Available on Amazon<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A Brooklyn gangster. \u2028A Russian gangster. A comedy writer in the middle. When a dead uncle leaves a $30K debt to a Brooklyn gangster, he demands Dorothy pay it. 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