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Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin
2 stars

Eh, Alec Baldwin is kind of an arrogant bastard.

The parts of the book about his childhood and about his struggles with drugs and alcohol were actually quite good. The parts where it is just a laundry list of icons he has worked with, movies he did, and leading ladies he fell in love with were not good. But, they were tolerable. Then, he went on a tangent about politics, which was just completely unnecessary. I didn't pick up his book to hear his thoughts on our democratic system. Though I would have liked more insight to him playing Trump.

I actually think that Alec Baldwin is a decent actor. He hasn't gotten some of the breaks that other actors did early in his career, but Jack Donaghy was a career-defining role. And, Schweddy Balls may be my favorite SNL skit ever.

It was a fine way to spend a couple days of commuting to work, but I ultimately cranked it to 1.5x speed just to get through the last few hours.

ouch, but the cover photo sort of says it all

Nicole D. wrote: "ouch, but the cover photo sort of says it all"

lol, that was what I was thinking

I thought his best work, besides SNL (I will always laugh at Scweddy Balls, and trump) was Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Oh, darn.

His SNL stuff is great. I loved Beetlejuice too. 30 Rock was probably my favorite but I also worked as a NBC page in 30 Rock after college so found it extra funny.

Sounds like how I'd imagine a review from a memoir by Jack Donaghy would be.

I will say that this book was excellently written. Well above the typical Hollywood memoir.