Every time a supermodel divorces her rock-star husband, the Beta Male secretly rejoices (or more accurately, feels great waves of unjustified hope), and every time a beautiful movie star marries, the Beta Male experiences a sense of lost opportunity. The entire city of Las Vegas--plastic opulence, treasure for the taking, vulgar towers, and cocktail waitresses with improbable breasts--is built on the self-delusion of the Beta Male.