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In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for
a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother
unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was
diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Hit with this devastating
barrage, Tig took her grief onstage. Days after receiving her
cancer diagnosis, she broke new comedic ground, opening an
unvarnished set with the words: 'Good evening. Hello. I have
cancer. How are you? Hi, how are you? Is everybody having a good
time? I have cancer.' The set instantly went viral, and was
ultimately released as Tig's sophomore album, Live, which sold one
hundred thousand units in just six weeks and was later nominated
for a Grammy. Now, the wildly popular star takes stock of that no
good, very bad year - a difficult yet astonishing period in which
tragedy turned into absurdity and despair transformed into joy. An
inspired combination of the deadpan silliness of her comedy and the
open-hearted vulnerability that has emerged in the wake of that
dire time, I'm Just a Person is a moving and often hilarious look
at this very brave, very funny woman's journey into the darkness
and her thrilling return from it.
A comprehensive list of many of the locations used in the TV series
'Lovejoy'. Locations in Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Essex.
Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling is a deeply
personal and intimate memoir told through the lens of Harvey
Ovshinsky's lifetime of adventures as an urban enthusiast. He was
only seventeen when he started The Fifth Estate, one of the
country's oldest underground newspapers. Five years later, he
became one of the country's youngest news directors in commercial
radio at WABX-FM, Detroit's notorious progressive rock station.
Both jobs placed Ovshinsky directly in the bullseye of the nation's
tumultuous counterculture of the 1960s and 70s. When he became a
documentary director, Ovshinsky's dispatches from his hometown were
awarded broadcasting's highest honors, including a national Emmy, a
Peabody, and the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award
for Excellence. But this memoir is more than a boastful trip down
memory lane. It also doubles as a survival guide and an instruction
manual that speaks not only to the nature of and need for
storytelling but also and equally important, the pivotal role the
twin powers of endurance and resilience play in the creative
process. You don't have to be a writer, an artist, or even
especially creative to take the plunge, Ovshinsky reminds his
readers. ""You just have to feel strongly about something or have
something you need to get off your chest. And then find the courage
to scratch your own surface and share your good stuff with
others."" Above all, Ovshinsky is an educator, known for his
passionate support of and commitment to mentoring the next
generation of urban storytellers. When he wasn't teaching
screenwriting and documentary production in his popular workshops
and support groups, he taught undergraduate and graduate students
at Detroit's College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University,
Madonna University, and Washtenaw Community College. ""The thing
about Harvey,"" a colleague recalls in Scratching the Surface, ""is
that he treats his students like professionals and not like newbies
at all. His approach is to, in a very supportive and
non-threatening way, combine both introductory and advanced
storytelling in one fell swoop.
Film festivals around the world are in the business of making
experiences for audiences, elites, industry, professionals, and
even future cultural workers. Cinema and the Festivalization of
Capitalism explains why these non-profit organizations work as they
do: by attracting people who work for free, while appealing to
businesses and policymakers as a cheap means to illuminate the
creative city and draw attention to film art. Ann Vogel's
unprecedented systematic sociological analysis thus provides firm
evidence for the 'festival effect', which situates the festival as
a key intermediary in cinema value chains, yet also demonstrates
the impact of such event culture on cultural workers' lives. By
probing the various resources and institutional pillars ensuring
that the festivalization of capitalism is here to stay, Vogel urges
us to think critically about publicly displayed benevolence in the
context of cinema-and beyond.
The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. Laugh along with Michael
McIntyre as he lifts the curtain on his life in his revealing
autobiography. Michael's first book ended with his big break at the
2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in the
tiny rented flat he shared with his wife Kitty and their
one-year-old son, he was beyond excited about the new glamorous
world of show business. Unfortunately, he was also clueless . . .
In A Funny Life, Michael honestly and hilariously shares the highs
and the lows of his rise to the top and desperate attempts to stay
there. It's all here, from his disastrous panel show appearances to
his hit TV shows, from mistakenly thinking he'd be a good chat show
host and talent judge, to finding fame and fortune beyond his
wildest dreams and becoming the biggest-selling comedian in the
world. Along the way he opens his man drawer, narrowly avoids
disaster when his trousers fall down in front of three policemen
and learns the hard way why he should always listen to his wife.
Michael has had a silly life, a stressful life, sometimes a moving
and touching life, but always A Funny Life.
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