It's challenging growing up in show business. Zosia Mamet's Essays - Does This Make Me Funny? is a mixture of humorous memoir incidents, bittersweet memories, hilarious observations, and some very truthful slightly sad, frankly scary confessions.
Father - David Mamet
Mother - Lindsay Crouse
Quite a formidable background, she grew up backstage at theaters as her mother worked. Zosia calls herself a nepo baby lite. Her big break was as Shoshanna on Girls.
Her essays vary - navigating body issues, plenty of self loathing, wasted days and nights partying in Hollywood. She writes of her years as a young adult pining for acceptance and love, her first attempts as an actor, what it means to be a girl in the world, and how to define yourself amid the bustle of show business. (cover blurb)
Zosia is very, very funny. Her story-telling is impeccable. She writes of a world I can't comprehend, and at times it's as if she steps back and says, "now this is bonkers". Very self deprecating and quite brave. I knew her name, but wasn't terribly familiar with her work. I may seek it out to watch. I think she'd be a fun person at a luncheon, and it seems as if she's in a good place now - married, older, more confident, and healthier.
Thumbs up on a quick read. I laughed out loud at times.
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