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A brief history of oversharing : one ginger's anthology of humiliation

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    Publisher:
    ECW Press, 2017
  • Running Time: 06:15 hrs
    Narrator: Shawn Hitchins
    Publisher:
    ECW Press, 2018
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Hitchins, Shawn
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    2017
    Summary:

    Comedian Shawn Hitchins explores his irreverent nature in this debut collection of essays. Hitchins doesn't shy away from his failures or celebrate his mild successes--he sacrifices them for an audience's amusement. He roasts his younger self, the effeminate ginger-haired kid with a competitive streak. The ups and downs of being a sperm donor to a lesbian couple. Then the fiery redhead professes his love for actress Shelley Long, declares his hatred of musical theatre, and recounts a summer spent in Provincetown working as a drag queen. Nothing is sacred. His first major break-up, how his mother plotted the murder of the family cat, his difficult relationship with his father, becoming an unintentional spokesperson for all redheads, and many more. Blunt, awkward, emotional, ribald, this anthology of humiliation culminates in a greater understanding of love, work, and family. Like the final scene in a Murder She Wrote episode, A Brief History of Oversharing promises everyone the A-ha! moment Oprah tells us to experience. Paired with bourbon, Scottish wool, and Humpty Dumpty Party Mix, this journey is best read through a lens of schadenfreude.

    Contents:
    • Front Cover
    • Table of Contents
    • WILL THERE BE SHADE?
    • DENIAL IN EGYPT
    • STIFF COMPETITION
    • VOTED MOST LIKELY TO BE STERILIZED
    • I REMEMBER APPLE PIE
    • MY THEME SONG
    • DAD JOKES
    • MS HITCHINS
    • FAILURE
    • WHAT WOULD LIZA DO?
    • THE VISIBLE HORIZON
    • ALL HAIL THE RED ORANGE AND PALE!
    • POST-THEATRICAL STRESS DISORDER
    • I HATE MUSICALS
    • SWEATER ASSHOLES
    • FUCK ' EM
    • FK / LW
    • SUMMA CUM LAUDE
    • THERE'S NO U IN THE WORD ME
    • I AM JONI MITCHELL
    • DON'T CALL ME MA'AM
    • HOLY CATRIMONY
    • RIDDLE ME THIS
    • A BRIEF HISTORY OF OVERSHARING
    • I HEAR CATHERINE ZETA-JONES IS AVAILABLE
    • Acknowledgments
    • About the Author
    • Back Cover.
    Subject(s): Comedians | Entertainers
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ECW Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781773050591, 1773050591, 9781773050584, 1773050583