Some pitch tags should simply be outlawed

I realize that publishing is often governed by trends, especially when they are au courant and written about constantly in the media. But for god’s sake, does the new one mean we’ll be subjected to more deals like this one?

Elizabeth Landers and Vicky Mainzer’s THE SCRIPT: THE 100% Absolutely Predictable Things All Men Do When They Cheat, pitched as “He’s Just Not Into You meets The First Wives Club,” to Kelly Notaras at Hyperion, in a significant deal, by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman Associates (world).

Actually, if someone can figure out how to combine “He’s Just Not Into You” with the serial killer-thriller, I think they’ll really hit the jackpot…