I have just finished reading Bossypants by Tina Fey and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I find Tina Fey to be a remarkable person who I can only hope to aspire to be someday. Tina Fey has done some pretty impressive work in her career from being in one of the best improv groups in Chicago to being a writer and actress in the male dominated show in SNL and most recently working on the popular show 30 Rock. In the beginning Fey directed the book towards a lot of different groups, but by reaching the end of the book I have realized that most of her audience can just be summed up into anyone who enjoys comedy. Fey gave me such insight into the behind the scenes world of comedy that I feel like I left the book enlightened. In the book Fey included lots of little anecdotes to support her purpose. When writing about her time at SNL Fey tries to convey the change that she saw in the role of women in the writing world. To better portray the role of women Fey uses anecdotes in order to get her message across. The one story that really stood out to me was her week at SNL the guest was Sylvester Stallone and the opening monologue was based off Rocky and SNL needed to have someone play Adrian and while one of the female cast members at the time fit the part perfectly the directors decided to go with one of the male staff dressed in drag. Now there would be no doubt that one of the female cast members could take that role and play it perfectly. I learned so much about Tina Fey and in the end she accomplished her purpose, which was to entertain the audience with her life. I loved the book and would recommend it to anyone who has ever been interested in Tina Fey or even just has an interest in the comedy world.
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