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Bezig met laden... Kortom... de autobiografiedoor John Cleese
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Wonderfully funny, informative, and literate autobiography of the comic actor does a great job of supplying background on his days before Monty Python without going terribly deeply into detail about the mechanics of creating the famed Python comedies. It’s a fabulous reading experience that may leave your appetite whetted for a bit more. ( ) John Cleese makes me laugh. His autobiography does a pretty good job of helping me understand how he got that way: mainly through dogged persistence, rather than innate talent. Like many performers, he grew up poor. Though socially inept and physically clumsy, he found a way to become successful in school (including some sports), eventually earning his way into Cambridge. That's where he stumbled into comedy writing and performing and linked up with folks like Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and (THE) David Frost. This led to jobs in radio and television and even the stage and eventually to Monty Python (and beyond). The story is in the details and John does a fair job of giving us the details in an entertaining fashion. Fans of Monty Python will certainly be intrigued by the many pre-Python anecdotes and John's asides on the philosophy of life, work and comedy. Be forewarned, though, this book ends just as Monty Python is getting started (although there is a sort of bonus chapter with some Python reminiscing, due to the proximity of the "Monty Python (Mostly) Live" reunion close to the book's publishing date). Well, it is of course typically something for Cleese not to fulfil expectations, but leaving out the most important part of your life in an autobiography is quite something. So we learned how Cleese started in life and in his career and he does mention that he has changed considerably, but the how, where, why of this change is something I really had wanted to hear from him. He might argue that THAT part of his life is already been extensively described by others, but does that mean that their point of view is the correct one? I would have loved to hear his point of view, his motives... it would have allowed me to come closer to a person I really admire for his accomplishments on this planet..... Oh yeah ... right "coming closer to a person" is SO not British... right? geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? ??John Cleese??s memoir is just about everything one would expect of its author??smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny. . . . A picture, if you will, of the artist as a young man.???The Washington Post Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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