Dying of Politeness
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From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, the surprising tale of her "journey to badassery"--from her epically polite childhood to roles that loaned her the strength to become a powerhouse in Hollywood. At three years old, Geena Davis announced she was going to be in movies. Now, with a slew of iconic roles and awards under her belt, she has surpassed her childhood dream--but the path to finding yourself never did run smoothly. In this simultaneously hilarious and candid memoir, Davis regales us with tales of a career playing everything from an amnesiac assassin to the parent of a rodent, her eccentric childhood, her relationships, and helping lead the way to gender parity in Hollywood--all while learning to be a little more badass, one role at a time. Dying of Politeness is a touching account of one woman's journey to fight for herself, and ultimately fighting for women all around the globe.
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So wonderful to hear Geena Davis read her memoir aloud. I appreciated her using different accents and the voices she did to represent her parents were fantastic. She was delightful and charming. Also loved her documentary I saw on Netflix “This Changes Everything” about representation of women in the film industry. She doesn't mention the documentary by name but she does talk about the research that went into it and some of the positive outcomes from the data and discussions.
Love her openness about discussing her depression and ADD, her mother's Alzheimer's, and her father's aging.
Highlights and quick things to help jog my memory: being a mannequin/part of the window dressing, going to Sweden to study abroad as a high school senior, the donkey, the question about her children being “natural” or IVF and her answer, and archery.
