Ah, I forgot to mention that I finished Tim Curry's autobiography, "Vagabond".
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Ah, I forgot to mention that I finished Tim Curry's autobiography, "Vagabond".
I was not familiar with his entire body of work, but I sure know him from Rocky Horror, Clue!, and as Skullmaster in Mighty Max. And let's not forget SPACE! - and all the other amazing roles I probably did not realise were his.
It was a unique memoir - I really appreciated his decision to keep his private life private, and focus on the public work instead. The celeb memoirs I usually read are ->
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Ah, I forgot to mention that I finished Tim Curry's autobiography, "Vagabond".
I was not familiar with his entire body of work, but I sure know him from Rocky Horror, Clue!, and as Skullmaster in Mighty Max. And let's not forget SPACE! - and all the other amazing roles I probably did not realise were his.
It was a unique memoir - I really appreciated his decision to keep his private life private, and focus on the public work instead. The celeb memoirs I usually read are ->
-> the other way around! And I'm left wondering about their craft - you know, the thing I'm supposedly there for.
If I could write my own memoir, it would be just like this.
But make no mistake, Tim does reveal quite a lot about his private life. He seems to understand the undercurrent his immediate family shaped in him, and we do get very candid glimpses in his substance abuse.
But most importantly, he's very open about the people he'd worked with! It's so refreshing to see.
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-> the other way around! And I'm left wondering about their craft - you know, the thing I'm supposedly there for.
If I could write my own memoir, it would be just like this.
But make no mistake, Tim does reveal quite a lot about his private life. He seems to understand the undercurrent his immediate family shaped in him, and we do get very candid glimpses in his substance abuse.
But most importantly, he's very open about the people he'd worked with! It's so refreshing to see.
Yep, it gets super sassy. If anything, it was interesting to see a revered actor, in his late 70s, still go: "yeah, that person I worked with 40 years ago was kind of a dick."
He's fun, he's frivolous, he's frank. (everybody please clap...)
Anyway! As far as celeb memoirs go, it felt a little dry, but I didn't mind too much. It was an enjoyable read, and I hope Tim gets to do the things he said he still would like to do!
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Yep, it gets super sassy. If anything, it was interesting to see a revered actor, in his late 70s, still go: "yeah, that person I worked with 40 years ago was kind of a dick."
He's fun, he's frivolous, he's frank. (everybody please clap...)
Anyway! As far as celeb memoirs go, it felt a little dry, but I didn't mind too much. It was an enjoyable read, and I hope Tim gets to do the things he said he still would like to do!
@dona Glad you enjoyed it! I think still, overall, my favourite part of the book was the beginning, when he talked about his childhood. I felt that it explained, to some extent, his being such a lone wolf later on in life. I'd heard a lot of the Rocky Horror stories already, I wish he'd recalled some new, unheard of snippets for us, but perhaps he couldn't remember any!
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@dona Glad you enjoyed it! I think still, overall, my favourite part of the book was the beginning, when he talked about his childhood. I felt that it explained, to some extent, his being such a lone wolf later on in life. I'd heard a lot of the Rocky Horror stories already, I wish he'd recalled some new, unheard of snippets for us, but perhaps he couldn't remember any!
@wordybirdy I agree with you - and I think he revealed quite a lot while talking about his (early) family life. It was subtly peppered throughout the book, but it was there.
Sorry to be a downer, but I searched for stuff here and there, and apparently there are a few timeline mistakes in the book itself, and apparently they didn't correct some of his misquotes of RHPS in the recent times.
Still, that was one hell of a life. I loved the bits about his gardens! Wish there was more photos, ha.
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@wordybirdy I agree with you - and I think he revealed quite a lot while talking about his (early) family life. It was subtly peppered throughout the book, but it was there.
Sorry to be a downer, but I searched for stuff here and there, and apparently there are a few timeline mistakes in the book itself, and apparently they didn't correct some of his misquotes of RHPS in the recent times.
Still, that was one hell of a life. I loved the bits about his gardens! Wish there was more photos, ha.
@dona I noticed one boo-boo when he said that Robert Stephens (Pat Quinn's husband) sang the Science Fiction Double Feature song, when he obviously meant Richard O'Brien! Amazed that wasn't picked up on during proofreading.
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@dona I noticed one boo-boo when he said that Robert Stephens (Pat Quinn's husband) sang the Science Fiction Double Feature song, when he obviously meant Richard O'Brien! Amazed that wasn't picked up on during proofreading.
@wordybirdy Oof.
I am not knowledgeable enough to notice these things, but the confusion you mentioned does seem to be in line what fans of his have been saying. Small boo-boos, perhaps, but they do add up.As a longtime journaler and someone interested in human memory, this is all... hmm. Part an interesting observation, part wanting to yell at people for not doing their job, because all of the mistakes stacking up aren't good.
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