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Author:
Woody Allen
Publisher:
Arcade Publishing
Date:
March 23, 2020
In this candid memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life.
What The Reviewers Say
... at once a lively tale of growing up lower-middle-class in Brooklyn; a gossipy account of scrambling up the comedy ladder from tabloid gag writer to Oscar winner; an aggrieved attack on Mia Farrow; and a look in the rear-view mirror at his long career with the aim of assessing its worth. (His verdict: not much.) If you’re 100% convinced that he molested his daughter Dylan, this book is not for you. But for those of us who admire that career and can still muster an interest in it, this memoir is for the most part a pleasure to read and entertaining company.
Volunteering to review [Apropos of Nothing], in our moral climate, is akin to volunteering for the 2021 Olympic javelin-catching team. I told my wife and daughter my plan, and they stared at me as if I’d announced my intention to find the nearest functioning salad bar and lick the sneeze guard.
Allen is surprisingly forthright on the various accusations against him.
There are essentially two books in one in this (for what it’s worth) highly consumable memoir by Woody Allen, and it’s not always an easy join between the two. The first and frothier is an overview of his life and loves and influences and achievements, one conveyed in fluent Woody Allenese, all set-ups and payoffs and sprinkles of self-deprecation and existential dread...The second is his vigorous defence against the charges of sexual abuse that have come to cloud his career again after first being raised in 1992.
