Lizz Free or Die
Author: Winstead, Lizz
ISBN: 9781594631429
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 07 May 2013
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Thehilarious and poignant account of how one woman found her comedic voice.br>/b>br>Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of Catholic parents, Lizz Winstead learned early that the straightforward questions she posed to various authority figures around her-her parents, her parish priest, even an anti-abortion counselor-prompted many startled looks and uncomfortable silences, but few plausible answers. Her questions rattled adults because they exposed the inconsistencies and hypocrisies in the people and institutions she confronted.br>br>Yet she didn't let thatdeter her. In i>Lizz Free or Die/i>, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to find her own voice, both as a comedian and as a woman, and how humor became her most powerful weapon in confronting life's challenges. br>br>Uproarious and surprising, honest and poignant, this no-holds-barred collection of autobiographical essays gives an in-depth look into the life and creativity of one of today's most influential comic voices. In writing about her naive longing to be a priest, her role in developing i>The Daily Show/i>, and her often problematic habit of diving into everything headfirst, asking questions later (resulting in multiple rescue-dog adoptions and travel disasters), Lizz Winstead has tapped an outrageous and heartfelt vein of the all-too-human comedy.
ISBN: 9781594631429
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 07 May 2013
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Thehilarious and poignant account of how one woman found her comedic voice.br>/b>br>Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of Catholic parents, Lizz Winstead learned early that the straightforward questions she posed to various authority figures around her-her parents, her parish priest, even an anti-abortion counselor-prompted many startled looks and uncomfortable silences, but few plausible answers. Her questions rattled adults because they exposed the inconsistencies and hypocrisies in the people and institutions she confronted.br>br>Yet she didn't let thatdeter her. In i>Lizz Free or Die/i>, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to find her own voice, both as a comedian and as a woman, and how humor became her most powerful weapon in confronting life's challenges. br>br>Uproarious and surprising, honest and poignant, this no-holds-barred collection of autobiographical essays gives an in-depth look into the life and creativity of one of today's most influential comic voices. In writing about her naive longing to be a priest, her role in developing i>The Daily Show/i>, and her often problematic habit of diving into everything headfirst, asking questions later (resulting in multiple rescue-dog adoptions and travel disasters), Lizz Winstead has tapped an outrageous and heartfelt vein of the all-too-human comedy.
