Another book that has been reviewed numerous times for
cannonball; I’m not sure what else I can add to the discussion. I love Tina Fey and her book was a breezy and
funny read.
Bossypants
consists of stories from Tina chronicling her life from childhood through 30
Rock and playing Sarah Palin on SNL.
While an undoubtedly awkward person, Fey doesn’t ever seem to wallow in
misery and stays true to her weird and hilarious personality. The most memorable part for me has to be the
moment that she realized that homosexuals are real people and not her props. It makes me wonder how many people have to
grasp that little bit of reality.
I was afraid that the book would be a little too personal
but thankfully it wasn’t and it gave some interesting insights on what it is
like to be a woman in comedy. I have
heard that crap about women not being funny all my life but in my head it was
just curmudgeonly old men who were angry at their increasing irrelevance. But Fey being told that there could only be
so many women in a sketch put a whole new perspective for me on the
industry.