My Life as a Goddess

Posted on 05 December 2017 by Guy Branum

In the vein of New York Times bestsellers Why Not Meby Mindy Kaling and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby, a collection of side splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV sTalk Show the Game Show.From a young age, Guy Branum always felt as if he were on the outside looking in.Self taught, introspective, and from a stiflingly boring farm town, he couldn t relate to his neighbors While other boys played outside, he stayed indoors reading Greek mythology And being gay and overweight, he got used to diminishing himself But little by little, he started learning from all the sad, strange, lonely outcasts in history who had come before him, and he started to feel hope.In this collection of personal essays, Guy talks about finding a sense of belonging at Berkeley and stirring up controversy in a newspaper column that led to a run in with the Secret Service He recounts the pitfalls of being typecast as the Sassy Gay Friend, and how, after taking a wrong turn in life i.e law school , he found stand up comedy and artistic freedom He analyzes society s calculated deprivation of personhood from fat people, and how, though it s taken him a while to accept who he is, he has learned that with a little patience and a lot of humor, self acceptance is possible.Written with Guy s characteristic blend of wit, guile, and rumination, My Life as a Goddess is an unforgettable and deeply moving book by one of today s most endearing and galvanizing voices in comedy. Download My Life as a Goddess – kino-fada.fr 4.5 stars We talk about nature and nurture when analyzing a person s character We see two ways that an identity is formed One is biological, the mean of parents traits passed down genetically The other is environmental How did the world around this person guide and encourage him The problem is that ...I have an addiction to celebrity memoirs, especially those of comedians I ve read and or listened to dozens of them, and though I d never heard of Guy Branum, the cover and his work credits made me interested To be honest, I expected something funny All of the comedian memoirs I ve read have been funny, or at least, tried to be funny My Life as a Goddess A Memoir through Un Popular Culture didn t The book is really a mem...I will admit, I had no idea who Guy was before I read this book, not even an iota After reading this though, I am in awe that I somehow completely overlooked his whole career He s so funny How did our paths never cross Part memoir, part humor, part history and pop culture lesson this memoir is unique and entirely fun to read I m a huge fan of footnotes and there are A TON of footnotes humorous asides, sarcastic comments, clarification, etc It s genius The stories I enjoyed the most were I will admit, I had no idea who Guy was before I read this book, not even an iota After reading this though, I am in awe that I somehow completely overlooked his whole career He s so funny How did our paths never cross Part memoir, part humor, part history and pop culture lesson this memoir is uniqu...I didn t know anything about Guy Branum previously, but now I am a huge fan Branum is a stand up comedian actor writer lawyer all around talented fella He is also gay, very tall, and very large And he s very, very good at trivia and quiz bowls You will be better at both those things as well if you read this book and remember even 1 3 of the references there s a Jenny Holzer allusion, FFS Though this book is full of humorous autobiographical essays, it s also got a ton of great insights i I didn t know anything about Guy Branum previously, but now I am a huge fan Branum is a stand up comedian actor writer lawyer all around talented fella He is also gay, very tall, and very large And he s very, very good at trivia and quiz bowls You will be better at both those things as well if you read this book and remember even 1 3 of the references there s a Jenny Holzer allusion, FFS Though this book is full of humorous autobiographical essays, it s also got a ton of great insights into queer theory, homophobia, and politics in one of the most bizarre details in the book, Branum was treated to a Secret Service visit after making an offhand comment about then First Daughter Chelsea Clinton in a humor column written for his college paper It was perhaps the first time that he rose to national attention, but definitely should not have been the las...I initially picked this book because I remember Guy as one of the panelists on Chelsea Lately But this isn t a normal comedian memoir Guy grew up in the turdish part of California where he did not fit in But he was a voracious reader and media consumer And he eventually went to law school and started stand up comedy I think in that order So he s an interesting guy, this Guy You had no idea that buying the book by the gay guy from Chelsea Lately would have this much agricultur...There are countless celebrity memoirs in the world and almost as many where people tell their story about coming out but few are as insightful and powerful as Guy s He manages to tell his side of the story while also thoroughly breaking down the aspects of his story beyond himself He is well read, quick witted and hilarious I ve long enjoyed his stand up and his comedic writing but the aspects of this story that really moved me are when he uses unflinching hon...I wanted to like thisthan I did Bits are laugh out loud funny, but over all it feels flat Mr Branum is obviously quite smart and witty but I was hoping forein the vein of David Sedaris and less in the vein of a literary journal.This is one of the best memoirs I ve ever read I wish I could go back in time and give it to myself when I was 15 Guy is hilarious, obviously, but he also has some of the most insightful analysis of issues affecting gay men His writing is super intelligent, but also super approachable.A blisteringly witty, incredibly insightful memoir I m a fan of celeb memoirs, and this is definitely high on my list.I got this book as a goodreads giveaway not knowing anything about Guy Branum I was looking forward to a funny memoir, but this book was mostly Guy describing tv shows and movies I don t feel like I learned many things about him and I certainly didn t laugh.

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05 December 2017

Guy Branum