If It Bleeds It Leads

A fast ride with Sean Allison

Sean Allison on stage in his monologue

It’s 1994, and Sean Allison is twenty-one. He’s flunked out of two colleges, and he’s living with his parents in Westchester. His dad worked in TV news—reporting from wars and later producing Dan Rather’s prime time show. Sean gets a job at the other end of the food chain, as a videographer for tabloid stories that …