I never was into the JT Leroy phenom, but the real author testified yesterday (or something) at a contractual trial and her story doesn't sound any nicer. I have to say for shame that the publishing industry (and the film industry) as well is taking her to task for being molested (hard to know for sure, I realize, but still). It sounds to me like they are blaming the victim and however she manifested her tale, for many it made for great reading (I assume since I haven't read anything JT Leroy had published). I think the producers of the film realize that the time to make the movie and make their money has passed, so they want out. At the time the optioned the movie rights it was potentially a money making proposition, someone famous was "attached" to the project, but almost everyone has probably moved on and the producers want to cut their losses and not pay out. Sure people at the time were completely entranced with the story, whether the author was a pseudonym or not. Doesn't that mean the story was good, that it was masterfully written? Isn't that a sign of good author? Just asking.

Are we going to take back all those books we read by V.C. Andrews in Junior High School (aren't they written now by a son or something)? People where angry over A Million Little Pieces (which was gruesome) but more so because Oprah was fooled, but it makes her human and like everyone else who bought the book wishing for redemption from the temptations our daily lives present. What about Stephen King who notoriously writes short stories and books under a pseudonym, do the masses stop buying his work because he writes under the name Richard Bachman (hey look isn't this a brand new book)?

Make the movie already or don't, I am sure the author would be happy to see her fiction adapted, as long as she is part of the process (with a fee undoubtedly). Having her testify about her molestation is gross. It makes no difference. The books are out there, still being published, still making money I am sure.