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Lädt ... No Land's Man (Original 2014; 2015. Auflage)von Aasif Mandvi (Autor)
Werk-InformationenNo Land's Man von Aasif Mandvi (2014)
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |   Review of the Audible Audio edition (2014) of the original Chronicle Books hardcover (2014) [3.5] I first heard of Aasif Mandvi from the recent Audible Original recording of the 2018 revival of his one-man play Sakina's Restaurant (1998). I've also enjoy him as the sceptical myth-buster in the exorcism team of the current TV show Evil (2019-). Audible listed his memoir No Land's Man (2014) as one of its Black Friday Week sales offers and I grabbed it up. The front half is mostly your stereotypical fish out of water tales, boys at boarding schools, youthful lust stories, etc. The last half was more interesting with Mandvi's stories of his struggling actor days, his breakthrough with the original run of Sakina's Restaurant, being recruited for the lead in Ismail Merchant's film The Mystical Masseur(2001) and his hiring and early years on The Daily Show (which I don't see here in Canada). Mandvi's own narration was excellent, although a bit over the top in the youthful exploits sections, which he admits in the afterword were partially fictionalized for comedic effect. (  ) alanteder | Dec 3, 2019 |  ) quiBee | Jan 21, 2016 | There's not a lot to say about Aasif Mandvi's short and sharp memoir No Land's Man, but that doesn't mean it's not worth reading; in fact, I found this one of the more delightful short books I've read in recent months, a disarming and always humorous look at one Indian immigrant's journey from the subcontinent to England and eventually America, informed and influenced by Gen-X pop-culture the entire way. For those who only know Mandvi as one of the smartest contributors to Comedy Central's The Daily Show, they might be surprised to know that he has an equal amount of experience in the arts delving into drama and intellectualism, with his one-man play Sakina's Restaurant eventually turned into the successful indie film Today's Special, and with Mandvi taking various parts over the years in plays by Tom Stoppard, Tony Kushner and more; and both of these sides of this talented writer and performer are on display in this small but engaging new book, a self-deprecating yet earnest look at Mandvi's youth as a picked-on Indian nerd in a working-class British town, before his family's random move to Tampa, Florida and his '80s dreams of American success as defined through bad television. (One of the funniest chapters here is how Mandvi aspired as a youth to become the next Fonzie, insisting that his parents call him "The Monz" until his mother finally revolted, passionately lecturing him on the superior acting skills of Omar Sharif over Henry Winkler.) A fast and entertaining read that should take most people no more than a day or two to finish, this comes strongly recommended to both comedy fans and those interested in first-hand looks at the American immigration experience, as well as anyone else looking for a sweet, funny story about nerdom and outsider culture. Out of 10: 9.3 (  ) jasonpettus | Jan 26, 2015 | SuziQoregon | Dec 11, 2014 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Essays.
Family & Relationships.
Nonfiction.
Humor (Nonfiction.)
HTML: The actor shares a heartfelt "collection of humorous essays that explore his myriad identities: Indian, Muslim, British, and American" (The Boston Globe). Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I liked it ok, 3.5 rounded up to 4.
This was published in 2014, so it was a little jarring to see a brief cameo by Harvey Weinstein in the essay on Aasif's experience with Ismail Merchant for the making of The Mystic Masseur. No mention of the work on the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender movie, which is also just as well since that movie's probably better left forgotten... (