Patti LuPone: A Memoir (spoiler alert)- Page 4

[fflagg]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 5:35pm

In the publishing industry you can "cut" a book in more than one way. There is a term [I forget offhand] for printing a book where the pages are not smooth and uniform around the edges.

Patti LuPone is a legend because this is 2010 where the definition of "legend" on stage, film, TV, et al., is much lower than in the past. If this were 1960 LuPone would be in the PTA where she belongs NOT on a Bway stage.

[Brick]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 6:05pm

^Oh, I'm sorry. And where would that put you?

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 7:53pm

I would have to agree. She's not as talented as she thinks she is, and her ego is ridiculous. Just reading her book, while enjoyable, doesn't make me have much respect for Patti. She basically puts down half the people who helped her become any kind of a success, and comes off like an entitled snob.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 8:11pm

I didn't read it that way. Even in the Sunset Boulevard chapters she seems to at least take partial responsibility by pointing out how she saw signs from the very beginning, and all along the way, and chose to ignore them.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 9:17pm

FlyingMonkey--you've posted many times in the past with derogatory anti-Patti venom, so obviously you felt like that about her before you read the book.

Why did you even bother to read it at all?

Or...did you actually read it?

Maybe you're just saying that you read it--and disingenuously calling it "enjoyable" in a pathetic and fake effort to sound "objective."

Maybe you're just lying so you can have an excuse to log onto BroadwayWorld again and lay your customary cyber-turds on any threads about Patti.

And, you know, those cyber-turds, "while enjoyable," just make you come off as an "entitled snob."

[AMWB]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 11:34pm

PalJoey... well said.

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 11:53pm

I read it because I knew it would be an interesting read and I got it for free. It definitely is a good book. Not boring in the least. I don't hate Patti, I just think her behavior is uncalled for most of the time and that she has a chip on her shoulder and treats most people like crap.

Now PalJoey, go play with yourself while looking at Mandy Patinkin pictures.

[ZiggyCringe]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 4:51am

BEST. BOOK. EVER.

Now, can Kelly Bishop, and Susan Strohman, and Nathan Lane, and Bernadette Peters write books?

I want to read them.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 8:03am

Oh my lord Kelly Bishop's would be great. I would love to hear her Michael Bennett stories.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 8:17am

Kelly Bishop was extremely thoughtful and articulate about Michael Bennett at the recent Dancer Over 40 tribute to him. I'll find them on YouTube later and post them for you.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 8:39am

Well I now know what I'm going to be reading on the train from DC to CT tomorrow!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 8:46am

Flying Monkey also claimed to have dated me once just after he started posting here, and I know that's not the truth.

I tried downloading the audio book and it keeps telling me I need to download thier player (which I did) but it doesn't play and keeps asking me to download their player over and over again.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 10:13am

Is it on iTunes?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 11:54am

Nevermind. I did that audible free trial thing and got it for free then cancelled the membership right away.
I'm about an hour into it and I'm really loving it so far.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 12:04pm

The rest of the audio book is so much better than the preview that was posted.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 12:15pm

I placed an advanced order for this through Barnes and Noble on August 13th. My copy still hasn't arrived!

[DylanMark33]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 12:34pm

does anyone know how to add the audio book from audible free trial to iTunes?

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 12:41pm

You should have ordered from Amazon. I got mine the day it was released.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 12:41pm

I don't know if it makes a difference if you're using a Mac or a PC, but I just dragged the downloaded file to my iTunes. When you play it, though, you have to enter your audible ID and password.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 3:09pm

Just got it on my nook! Very excited to finally read it! :)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 3:52pm

The two Kelly Bishop segments from the Dancers Over 40 tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqc3weK5X6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB8Z0eprCKU

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 4:16pm

Still waiting for the library copy. They said it is in but being "processed". Could be another week or more before I get it.

[jv92]

Posted: 9/17/10 at 4:51pm

While I thought Patti cursed a bit too much (not that I'm a prude- I just got sick of reading the f-bomb), I really enjoyed her memoir. I was a good read, very informative, cleared up a lot of rumors I've heard, and even brought new info to light. Really terrific. Recommended to all theatre-lovers, and especially, aspiring actors. Read this book to learn how tough it is to be an actor, and how dedicated you should, nay, must be!

[theatrepaul]

Posted: 9/18/10 at 5:56am

My copy has arrived here in London this morning - that's my weekend taken care of

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 9/18/10 at 7:51am

Patti referred to an unnamed person who she thought was doing an Eve Harrington number on her, during the pre-Broadway Los Angeles production of "Evita". Who was that person? Just wondering.... from RC in Austin, Texas