Bossypants

22May11

The JR Rhodes Blog is about music, love and life written by Seattle-based singer/songwriter JR Rhodes. This entry is on the life side of things, which inspires the music. This entry is inspired by Tina Fey’s Bossypants.

In her latest book, Bossypants, Tina Fey comes at you from all angles. her humour is dimensional and sprinkled with all kinds of what may best be described as sneak attacks. The pictures of her growing up! I’d be impressed with anyone who saw those hairdos coming! It’s more, though, than the dated “looks” and “dos” that are hilarious. Those are just icing on the cake, if you ask me. Listen if you’ve got ears to hear because Tina Fey’s got something to say. She is a storyteller. And a wise and funny one. Among the many gems in Bossypants there are 3 stories that stand out for me. There’s the chapter about when she was at summer theatre camp where she spends her time hanging out with her mostly “in the closet” gay and lesbian friends and how she comes to witness homophobic discrimination and speaks up. There’s the chapter about working at Saturday Night Live where you get behind-the-scenes glimpses of her days and late nights there working with a strong circle of women comics, the gifts and challenges of being a female comic and her male comic colleagues peeing in jars! And then there’s the chapter about her dad. I’m here shaking my head and grinning just thinking about that one. My favourite thing about Bossypants is that it’s a life tour and through the lenses of Fey’s mind, heart and eyes the reader gets to experience how a very funny person frames her world. When you do come to the book’s end you might just find yourself finding life a little bit funnier than before.

Bossypants is available most everywhere. You can find quick information at amazon.com here.

Thanks for lending your ears.

Truly,

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