Vicious Cycles

August, 2007

Can an ex-stripper from Minneapolis conquer Hollywood? Only if she has an interesting name. Meet Diablo CodyDiablo Cody's 2005 memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper, gave readers a witty, unflinching look at her experi­ences taking it all off. David Letterman was smitten (look for the clip on YouTube), as were critics generally; if they'd had a stack of dollar bills handy, they would have tossed them onstage. Candy Girl ended up attracting enough attention to get Cody's...