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(More customer reviews)Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's name is not familiar to me but I needed a laugh and I hoped this collection of essays would provide one or two given her experience as a stand up comedienne. Wilder-Taylor uses humour and witty asides to document her struggle to become famous, first in stand up, then as an actress until finally discovering her niche as a segment writer.
Predictably Stefanie enjoyed a rather wild adolescence in an unhappy home, and escaped to the bright lights of LA as soon as practicable. Stefanie describes supporting herself with a variety of low paying jobs from office temping to chauffeuring while auditioning for dubious television. Her experiences are fodder for some amusing anecdotes and Stefanie concisely illustrates the weird and wild of working and living in LA. With a padded resume she finally lands on her feet writing for television and I am dying to know if (as was implied without crossing legal boundaries)that really was Angie??
Wilder-Taylor also reconnects with her father, one time celebrity comedian Stan Handleman whose addiction to pain pills and faltering talent is painful for her to observe. Finally settled, married and a mother to three Stefanie has to confront her own alcoholism while berating Angie Jolie-Pitt for setting the bar too high and sympathising with Nick Cage.
I'm Kind of a Big Deal is an easily read wry memoir sure to elicit a chuckle or two at Stefanie's efforts to make it in LA.
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