MixedThe National Post...for all the jibes about how to deal with right-wing internet commentators and arch-less Greek eyebrows, Tina Fey refuses to discuss her role in contemporary culture. Maybe she doesn’t understand it herself. The result is a joke-driven memoir that resonates like a punchline without the setup ... Bossypants ... has the unflattering photos and body hair jokes that belie a painful coming of age, but Fey doesn’t like to go beyond a funny image. The occasional emotional risks are the book’s biggest rewards ... Bossypants is a book about how an industrious yet repressed woman found herself incredibly uncomfortable with being famous at age 40. It is not a book about feminist roles and having it all — Fey is pro Photoshop and anti soapbox. The result is a pleasant read that won’t exactly please anyone. Fey’s proponents will say that she is feckless, Fey’s detractors will look at the cover of a lady clad in a bowler hat and man arms and scream. Regardless, we need Tina Fey more than she needs us. The lady hero shall live on.
