One
of the funniest things about Tina Fey's book Bossypants is the not so
subtle pointing out of her literary techniques. These are presented
as commentary on what she has already written placed in between of
parentheses. For example, this hilarious insert where she is talking
about her resemblance to Sarah Palin, and Fey says, "Lorne and I
discussed the overwhelming public opinion (hyperbole) that I should
play Governor Palin," (Fey 202). No, that was not me putting in
the word hyperbole to show where it was, that was Fey clarifying that
no, there wasn't hoards of people clamoring for her to play Sarah
Palin. Fey also does this by adding an aster ix, so she can add a
note at the bottom of the page. She does this when she says,
"...after inspecting the cleanliness of Oprah's airplane, set,
and dressing room the next morning*.." and then at the bottom of
the page, "This is not something I would normally do, but I
wanted everything to be perfect for Miss Oprah. Jon Hamm, if you come
back, I will not preinspect your toilet. I may inspect it afterward
to make sure you didn't steal anything." This adds so much humor
in her own voice, and makes it seem less edited than the rest of the
book even though you know that the whole book is edited a lot.
The thing that I bring away
from the book is how Tina Fey is trying so hard to seem like a normal
person when it is obvious she is a hilarious goddess sent to Earth as
a reincarnation of the comedy muse of the old religions. She speaks
about her insecurities regularly, really making it seem like she is a
real woman, which she is. I think the best part of this is seeing how
she views her own life. She eve says once that her kid's 6th
birthday party theme was just important as the Oprah guest starring
on 30 Rock, and that really puts into perspective how crazy
celebrity's lives can be.
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