Tina Fey recounts her rise in comedy from childhood in Pennsylvania through SNL and 30 Rock in this witty, self-deprecating memoir.
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Tina Fey recounts her rise in comedy from childhood in Pennsylvania through SNL and 30 Rock in this witty, self-deprecating memoir.
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Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her early sketches on Saturday Night Live, Fey gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy with equal doses of wit, candor, and self-deprecation. Some of the funniest chapters feature the differences between male and female comedy writers ("men urinate in cups"), ...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief mentions of honeymoon, breastfeeding, and crude anatomical humor.
Violence & gore
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Childhood knife attack resulting in facial scar described non-graphically.
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Frequent crude and profane language including sexual slang.
Substance use
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Mentions of parents' religious and political background.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Discussions of feminism, gender dynamics in comedy, and beauty standards.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Childhood assault and workplace slights recounted.
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