Sexy, daring, darkly hilarious—and award-winning playwright Neil LaBute’s first officially billed comedy— The Money Shot lands as sharp and hot as a paparazzo’s camera flash in a starlet’s eye. It’s been years since either one’s had a hit, but the latest movie by a hot-shot European director could change that. The night before filming a big scene (that will undoubtedly assure them a spot back on the pop culture radar), Karen, her partner Bev, Steve, and his aspiring actress wife, Missy, meet in order to make an important decision: How far will they let themselves go to keep from slipping further down the Hollywood food chain? “An acid-tongued showbiz satire.” — Variety   “Fresh, joyously impolite . . . a good and mean little farce.” — Newsday   “Neil LaBute . . . packs a stunning amount of intelligence into 100 minutes of delectable idiocy. — TheaterMania “An acid-tongued showbiz satire.” — Variety   “Fresh, joyously impolite . . . a good and mean little farce.” — Newsday   “Neil LaBute . . . packs a stunning amount of intelligence into 100 minutes of delectable idiocy. — TheaterMania Neil LaBute 's plays include bash , Reasons to Be Happy , The Money Shot , and The Way We Get By . His films include In the Company of Men , Your Friends and Neighbors , The Shape of Things , Some Velvet Morning , and Dirty Weekend . Television includes Billy & Billie and Van Helsing . He is a Lucille Lortel Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee and a recipient of a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.