Saturday, March 29, 2014

A Closer Look at Tina Fey's "Bossypants"



Ashley Hale// BSA/Book Review Blog—A Closer Look at Tina Fey’s “Bossypants”/ 3-28-14
Tina Fey
448
Reagan Arthur / Little, Brown
$8.99
A Closer Look at Tina Fey’s “Bossypants”
By Ashley Hale            
            It was hard to forget Tina Fey’s “Bossypants” novel after reading about several of her hilarious life experiences such as when she explains how she first discovered that she was a woman. When Tina Fey wrote the movie “Mean Girls”, she went to a research workshop where women were asked to write down an experience they had that first made them realize that they were a woman. Tina Fey tells her reader that most of the women knew that they were women after males stated nasty jokes to them. This section in the novel, as well as during many other moments throughout the novel, is revealing of Tina Fey’s feminist yet satirical personality as she makes her readers feel like they are having a casual conversation with her as opposed to learning about her life. Tina Fey is a Pennsylvania native who was born to Donald and Jeannec Fey in 1970. After graduating from the University of Virginia, she moved to Chicago where her career boomed after her appearances on Saturday night live in 1995. Since the beginning of her career, Tina Fey has made several accomplishments including writing the movie “Mean Girls”. After reading “Bossypants”, I believe that the audience needs to know that being bossy isn’t a bad thing, and in the words of Tina Fey, “You’re nobody till somebody calls you bossy.” While I do believe that Tina Fey succeeded at making her novel entertaining, I do believe that it would’ve been more effective if each serious point that was made wasn’t backed by jokes. However, the novel was entertaining in the sense that I felt like I was talking to my best friend as opposed to reading an informative novel as her strengths were her voice and humor. I would recommend this novel to females, especially feminists, with a sense of humor.



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