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xvii, 269 pages : illustration ; 22 cm. |
| Summary |
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a b*tch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy, I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn’t get murdered, what Chris Rock told Lorne Michaels, that time I wanted to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL, and yeah, I’ll tell you all about Ghostbusters and the nudes and Supermarket Sweep and The Daily Show . . . I’m sharing it all in these pages. It’s not easy being a woman in comedy, especially when you’re a tall-*ss Black woman with a trumpet voice. I have to fight so that no one takes me for granted, and no one takes advantage. These are the stories that explain why. (Cue the Law & Order theme.) |
| Subject |
Jones, Leslie, 1967-
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African American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography.
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African American actresses -- Biography.
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African American women comedians -- Biography.
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African American comedians -- Biography.
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African American women -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Rock, Chris, writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Leslie fucking Jones |
| ISBN |
9781538706497 hardcover |
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1538706490 hardcover |
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