Two writers go at it in enjoyable ‘End of the Tour’
The celebrity interview, especially the personal profile, is a difficult and borderline obscene undertaking on both sides. One person tries to devour the other person’s life. The other offers up choice bits to be devoured. Each tries to seduce the other, and a false atmosphere of camaraderie develops, but neither really believes it. And both will often feel degraded by the experience — the writer for being less important than the celebrity, and the celebrity for being at the mercy of someone who is not a friend.