{"id":57124,"date":"2013-08-01T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=57124"},"modified":"2013-08-01T11:20:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:20:47","slug":"commercial-fan-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/commercial-fan-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Fan Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And we mean that literally: this is <a href=\"http:\/\/additionalfiction.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a Tumblr<\/a> of fan fic based on TV advertisements. And is there more fallow ground than this strange world of smart-aleck kids, idiot husbands, knowing wives, yogurt-eating singles, and maniacally friendly fast-food workers? We think not. (The Barilla pasta-stalker alone could be the basis for a series of thrillers.) 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