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Book Review
Bossy Pants: Tina Fey
Jonah Vetro
Tina Fey's Memoir Bossy Pants succeeds as an accurate written account of her life. As an author, she demonstrates excellent elements of writing such as drama, conflict and narrative structure.
While writing her memoir, Tina expressed great examples of drama when talking about her first experience on a cruise ship. On their honeymoon, Tina and her newly-wed husband Jeff's trip turns sour when one of the fuel pipes in the engine room bursts. Although Tina puts a comical spin on the whole incident, she still recognizes and tells the audience about how dangerous this occurrence was and how lucky she and every other passenger on the ship were to survive. While creating her memoir, Tina also shows great examples of conflict in her work environment.
Tina introduces great cases of conflict when she is talking about the producers and directors at The Second City and how they don't want to switch one of the companies from four and two women to three men and three women. Tina exclaims that her dream for the future is that sketch comedy shows become a gender-blind meritocracy. However disagreements arise when the producers and directors oppose her. While drama and conflict are both important elements of Tina's memoir, the best component that she incorporates in her memoir is narrative structure.
Throughout Tina's entire memoir she is constantly jumping in and out of stories explaining what is going on while forming comical insights. Tina's exceptional job of narration helps the story to flow, and prompt the readers to continue on this comical and entertaining novel that Tina Fey has created.

found the book just so-so. Best part is how she fell into Sarah Palin role & everything about those months.

i want to buy this book and see what it says here, i wonder why it is not an immigrant on the FrontPage? were are all the immigrant writers?

Carole wrote: "found the book just so-so. Best part is how she fell into Sarah Palin role & everything about those months."

agreed. the rest was just a mishmash of not a lot

found the book just so-so. Best part is how she fell into Sarah Palin role & everything about those months.

i agree with this saying, "Carole wrote: "found the book just so-so. Best part is how she fell into Sarah Palin role & everything about those months."

Anika wrote: "found the book just so-so. Best part is how she fell into Sarah Palin role & everything about those months."

amazing....

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This is one funny book, especially the cover photo where tina has fat woman hands is hilarious lol

*Book Review*
I’m not normally the type of person to look for or even read a memoir, but Tina Fey’s Bossypants changed my perspective on the genre as a whole. I used to think of a memoir as some old man’s archaic journal about his life. Now I know it can be so much more than that. Fey’s memoir is worth reading because not only does it provide insight into her past and present, but it teaches the reader valuable lessons as well as confronts heavy topics with a lighthearted, humorous tone. All of these give a more personal insight to what has affected her and how it has done so, making for a good memoir.
Bossypants features continuous “flashbacks” to moments in Fey’s childhood that shaped and molded her into the person she is today. She begins the book with an experience from her childhood. She states, “I was introduced to a Greek boy named Alex whose mom was next in line to meet with the teacher. We colored together in silence. I was so used to being praised and encouraged that when I finished my drawing I held it up to Alex, who immediately ripped it in half. I didn’t have the language to express my feelings then, but my thoughts were something like ‘Oh it’s like that mot********er? Got it.’ Mrs. Fey’s baby had entered the real world.”(Fey, 10) Fey reflects on this small moment from her childhood using an informal tone, almost poking fun at her childhood self for the thoughts she had. This is refreshing because it breaks out of the common stereotypes for a memoir (or at least my stereotypes for a memoir like archaic.) Her tone helps keep the reader captivated and entertained while still explaining her past, making this a good read for both people wanting to learn more about Fey and those who simply want to be entertained by a good book.
Besides just talking about herself for 20 chapters, she also tries to give the reader advice by having them learn from her mistakes rather than their own. For example, one of the lines that stuck with me was, “Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions. Go ‘Over! Under! Through!’ and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing and don’t care if you like it.” (Fey, 131) Just like a normal memoir, it has the life descriptions and the reflections and the journeys, but Fey adds a bit more than that. Here she encourages the reader to focus their energy on success rather than changing opinions, because when you’re the boss they change organically. This is also one of the many times she emphasizes the importance of a boss in your own way (hence the title of the memoir.) This means the reader will not only take away entertainment from reading this book, but the reader may also leave with an invigorated spirit. These valuable lessons and words of encouragement can affect the reader in the real world in a positive way, making the book itself a positive thing to be reading.
Finally, Fey puts onto pages what she is known for on the screens: her humor. Her humor alone is enough to make the memoir worthwhile and entertaining, but she doesn’t use it for no reason. Oftentimes, she approaches a sensitive or heavy topic using this humor to make the tone less serious, or explain a deeper thought while making it seem lighthearted and fun. An example is when she states, “ ‘Why can’t we accept the human form as it is?’ Screams no one. I don’t know why, but we never have. That’s why people wore corsets and neck stretchers and powdered wigs.” (Fey,142) Here, Fey tackles the heavy underlying topic of our bodies. She voices her own thoughts and then creates a sense of irony saying no one is asking the same question she is. Self-consciousness, body dysmorphia, and things similar are very sensitive and heavy topics to address, especially in a memoir as lighthearted and funny as Fey’s. You wouldn’t be able to tell though, because Fey approaches these subjects with the same lighthearted tone she has approached every other subject thus far. She is humorous, yet respectful and gives her own insight on the issue. Her ability to approach heavy topics the way she does is something we could all benefit from, making this an even more worthwhile read.
In conclusion, Fey’s Bossypants is definitely worth the read. It has life lessons, her own memories, and of course, humor. Even the title alludes to the humor to come, being funny and childish in its own way from the moment your eyes are set on the front cover. Fey’s book was not meant to be a book about motivation, nor a book about life lessons, but it also was meant to be more than a memoir. In its own absurd way, it accomplishes all three of these tasks, all while being entertaining.

Love Tina Fey, didn't really care for the book.

im a huge fan of bossy pants! LOL (laughing out loud)! 😂 she is so bossy! haha! lets get pantsing!!!! LMAO! just kidding around