{"id":31371,"date":"2017-08-04T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=31371"},"modified":"2017-07-31T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:51:08","slug":"nevertheless-a-memoir-by-alec-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/nevertheless-a-memoir-by-alec-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevertheless: A Memoir<\/I> by Alec Baldwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was operating under the Southpark-inspired misconception that the worst thing about being a Baldwin is\u2026.NOTHING! Quite the contrary. The story arc of Alec\u2019s father is an arduous downhill path. Roughly the first half of the book is a serious downer, touching on all the travails of the working class poor. Marry this with the accompanying drug problems of Alec\u2019s burgeoning fame, and wash it down with a healthy dose of painful romances.<\/p>\n

Of interest is the inner machinations of his rise from Knots Landing to 30 Rock, with a sidetrip down a little film called The Hunt for the Red October.<\/p>\n

No, Alec does not gloss over his sensational answering machine message. Yes, he does wrap up this work with a somewhat inspiring testimonial of what constitutes an empowered citizenry.<\/p>\n

Of course, Alec reads the audiobook himself <\/a>with his signature snarling whisper. Not surprisingly, Alec has an expansive vocabulary and repertoire of impressions of his fellow actors. That alone is worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was operating under the Southpark-inspired misconception that the worst thing about being a Baldwin is\u2026.NOTHING! Quite the contrary. The story arc of Alec\u2019s father is an arduous downhill path. Roughly the first half of the book is a serious downer, touching on all the travails of the working class[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,10,8],"tags":[623,103],"class_list":["post-31371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-celebrities","tag-memoirs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-89Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31391,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31371\/revisions\/31391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}