Charles Barkley’s Bitter End, 1986

[In the mid-1980s, newspaper columnist John Schulian adapted his keen eye for detail to the lights, camera, and action of Hollywood. He arrived on Hollywood Boulevard as a 40-year-old kid who couldn’t miss—and Schulian didn’t. His name soon appeared in the credits of an episode of the TV series LA Law. Then he joined the writing team of Miami Vice, co-c…