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Freak: a semi-demi-quasi-pseudo autobiography
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Freak: a semi-demi-quasi-pseudo autobiography
John Leguizano
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Freak is John Leguizamo's hilarious coming-of-age story. One of his generation's sharpest comic talents, Leguizamo returns to the Queens of his youth, where a boy's feet had to be as quick as his mouth. Freak is an adaptation of Leguizamo's autobiographical Broadway show and includes material never-before-seen-or-heard. Uncut, unstable, and oversexed, Freak is John Leguizamo at his uproarious best.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Verbal Auto Bio on Paper.......2006-12-07

Freak was a one-man show in San Francisco and off-Broadway, then moved to
Broadway, gathering Tony nominations. In October 1998 it was an HBO special. For most performers, comedians, it would be just another stand-up concert, a type of program common to HBO. But this is Leguizamo's "Semi-Demi-Quasi-Pseudo Autobiography" and he brings to it such intensity, such a variety of personalities -- as he remembers his family and friends -- that it transcends this description and becomes like, well, a Broadway play.

John Leguizamo has had a remarkably varied career. Fans of the Spawn movie will recall his huge, even monstrous role there. His character and costume was very different in the oddly titled move To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. He probably reached one of his largest audiences early in his career in the usually pasteurized television mass market, briefly enlivened, energized and diversified by his "Latino variety show" "House of Buggin'."

This is a book based on the one man show and HBO special, edited to be
read, so it of course differs from the performances, which would include some ad lib. One might have expected to save the experience of this show with a tape, or a spoken-word recording, but this paperback is an inexpensive, permanent way to revisit and savor Leguizamo's work again and again, at your pleasure and convenience.

5 out of 5 stars Why is the show not out on DVD?.......2006-11-10

"Freak" is a fantastic piece of writing and an amazing performance by its writer, in his HBO one-man show. What I don't understand is why HBO wouldn't put it out on DVD. They've done it with Chris Rock's shows... If you can get your hands on a tape, watch it. It's funny and heartbreaking.

4 out of 5 stars Screwballs.......2005-05-15

Like Augusten Burroughs' hysterical autobiography "Running With Scissors," Leguizano's family of loose screws made him a screwball, for better or for worse.

At turns morose and gross, and gutbusting and bitingly real, you will transported by a family, though superficially unlike your own, eventually begins to resemble your childhood memories.

5 out of 5 stars Well...........2000-03-31

John Said Himself That This Was Based On His Life And How He Really Exaggerated It For The Play And Then To The Book.I Have Seen Part Of The One-Man Show On HBO And I Thought It Was Really Funny.The Book Contains Some Pretty Funny And Weird Subject Matter.I Think That The Elaberation Of The "Characters" In The Book Were Really Funny And Had Some Cool Dialoge.One Part I Thought Was Grose-Out Funny Was His Father's Way Of Trying To Get The KFC Lady To Help John Became A Man.It Is Certinaly Not For Delicate Ears And Open For Open Minds.Hope You Like My Review...Feel Free To Look At My Others.Bye,Bye Now.....Have A Good Day

5 out of 5 stars Speechless!.......1999-11-03

Buy this book,go see the show,try to find a copy of the show on video tape.It's great.
Freak : A Semi-Demi-Quasi-Pseudo Autobiography
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    Freak : A Semi-Demi-Quasi-Pseudo Autobiography
    John; Katz, David B. Leguizamo
    Manufacturer: Putnam Publishing Group, The
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover
    ASIN: B000KPOT2K

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