The Cluster- April 14, 2011 - A9
Entertainment
Tina Fey makes you laugh
'30 Rock' star discusses life, show biz in new book
By Kathleen Quinlan
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If Tina Fey is your hero — and
you're between the ages of
18 and 28, she probably is
u need to read her new MOE,
sop anrs_
You know how on an of
Rock. Liz Lemon tells Rose-
Howard (Came Fisher)
she is her lady hero ? That's
w you'll feel aMut Tina Ry
you finish this She is
generabon's lady hero.
Bossypanrs is Ry talking
her life and how she grew
to be who she is now. It's not
autobiography, but
a combination of mem'>
told clearly in Feys
ice. There is no ghostwriter
it's an Tina Filled
memories recappd wim
language, Bossypmrs is
you need to buy.
This book is hilarious; you'll
laughing out loud from the
Üoduction to the end. Fey
s pictures fom her youth
talks about her really cool
Oh, and her disaster of a
neymmn — there is fire in-
Fey carefully picks what
she wants to share
makes the choice not tell
face-slashing story with her
udjence (which is a respctable
) But she narrates
in her life that are so
pam_fully awkward and hilari-
ous that they make you realize
that no matter how amazing
someone is. pubemy is always
difficult Fey tells stories about
disaæinting Myfiends. poor
fashion choices and extremely
awkward stones from bom high
and colle It's not ar-
ranged chronoålcally and
ments in Fey's life.
Fey also says this is a par-
ennng guide to raising a dmg-
free, snur and virgin-well-into-
her-twenties daughter.
Fey shares stories about her
time Saturday Night Live
when she was living in Chicago ,
wormg at the YMCA to pay for
improv claszs at Second City.
She dæsn:t just go into what
she's •ell mown for — she
talks about what it was like ry-
ing to find her place in show
business
umen she does talk about Sar-
Night Live. it is
culties of being head Witter. but
she delves into how it can
diffcult to be a woman in com-
edy and what it means to male
producers to have a woman they
aren't attracted to Stan-ing in a
show Some great Amy P'*-
hler memories are told as well,
including one where Poehler
snaps at Jimmy Fallon when
he didn't like something she
was doing, saying she didn't
care what he thought and that it
didn ' t matter whether or not he
thought it was cute.
Fey also discusses me famous
Sarah Palin shts and how much
she did not want to do it
nally (Seth Meyers wrote
skit
, as he should have).
A copy of me final script
notes is in the book She ad
dresses some of the ne
feedback she received w
P'ltraying Palin and she
about actual!y meeång
It's not polincal or mean.
doesn 't say a harsh thing
Palin despite what Palin s
about her. (Fey does admit
if she ever were to
about Palin 's accusation of
exploiting her for ranngs,
would probably just say, "N
reality show
Fey shares infonnadon
the developnknt of 30 Roc
the constant fear of it can
celled in the middle of the
season. She talks about the writ
ers, telling her favorite
they urote. (m Donald
is feamred
Fey also alks abyut "hat
nrans to a
and
buk sir receives. It's an iner
e-sb_ng look mto a microcosm
the ard all
assumpboms make
a wormg mom. Nar-rally,
handles it with humor but
a rote of sadness to it Her
ab•ut dat*rAhce are
and hila_nous_ Alice is
hd originally said
of tie lines on 30 Rock.
"I want to go to mere').
awesome. It isn't a stoly
how successful Fey is, but in
stead it's a confused letter to
world saying that she dcesn'
understand why she is so
cessful Self-deprecaång, won
defful and relatable.
is a necesszy read for
who enjoys the in