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A carregar... I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir (edição 2022)por Harvey Fierstein (Autor)
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   Books Read in 2022 (1,859) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  MylesKesten | Jan 23, 2024 |    ) Devil_llama | Jan 14, 2024 | DRGrinnell | Jul 12, 2022 | His memoir is a fun read. It is chatty and honest, conveying his achievements and his down times (alcoholism, depression, addiction to anonymous sex). The book is beautifully produced, with 62 intimate photos displayed throughout. At age 70, his career is not over. We haven't heard the last from Harvey. (  ) bbrad | May 17, 2022 | )1  BridgetteS | Apr 3, 2022 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Biography & Autobiography.
LGBTQIA+ (Nonfiction.)
Performing Arts.
Nonfiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awardwinning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career Harvey Fiersteins legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. Hes received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films, and TV shows: Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Cheers, La Cage Aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy, Newsies, and Kinky Boots. While he has never shied away from the spotlight, Mr. Fierstein says that even those closest to him have never heard most of the talesof personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, of his fabled careerrevealed in these wildly entertaining pages. I Was Better Last Night bares the inner life of this eccentric nonconforming child from his roots in 1952 Brooklyn, to the experimental worlds of Andy Warhol and the Theatre of the Ridiculous, to the gay rights movements of the seventies and the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the eighties, through decades of addiction, despair, and ultimate triumph. Mr. Fiersteins candid recollections provide a rich window into downtown New York City life, gay culture, and the evolution of theater (of which he has been a defining figure), as well as a moving account of his familys journey of acceptance. I Was Better Last Night is filled with wisdom gained, mistakes made, and stories that come together to describe an astonishingly colorful and meaningful life. Lucky for us all, his unique and recognizable voice is as engaging, outrageously funny, and vulnerable on the page. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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But finding fulfillment was a much more tortuous road, as it is for us all.
Among the more moving parts of actor, cross-dresser, playwright, screenwriter, and voiceover artist Harvey Fierstein’s memoir are his remembrances of how people first greeted news of AIDS.
Not that it was a pandemic affecting the lives of millions of people, but that it came from queers who got what they deserved.
Not us but them.
I think the drive to tell these stories from an “us” perspective is what drove him, that we are people just like you. That there’s no reason to fear us and push us into society’s dark corners. That we also deserve respect.
His memoir shows why he indeed deserved the respect and love of his parents, and how he turned that sensibility into some of the most memorable theatre of his age. (