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A review by icecurtain
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
4.0
This book may be of interest to you if you are:
- a fan of Leah Remini as an actress from "King of Queens" or elsewhere
- eager for any scrap of information on how Hollywood works behind the scenes, or getting into Hollywood
- curious about what Scientology is like, and what's so bad about it
- you're curious about the Shelly Miscavige mystery
This book tells the rags-to-riches story of Leah Remini becoming an actress. Of her struggles to achieve success and her struggles once she was successful. It also talks about scientology; about how her family got into it, about her involvement with it, her commitment and her concerns, and how things changed when she turned from a pauper into a millionaire actress. She talks about the head of scientology, David Miscavige, about Tom Cruise, and the hypocrisy and machinations of scientology.
One could argue that everything portrayed here, in her personal life, Hollywood and scientology, is just Leah Remini's side of the story. That other people may tell a version of events putting her in a less positive light. But the author isn't shy about her faults. She comes across as genuine; a hard-working, difficult to get along with, passionate and caring individual.
Quite possibly the most disturbing part is Leah Remini's efforts over several years to demand scientology explain what happened to David Miscavige's wife, Shelly. Why did she suddenly disappear from the public eye, and stop responding to all forms of communication? Why did David Miscavige take his assistant as his partner to events where his wife should have been his date? The author pushed for LAPD to investigate. They ended up dropping the case. The Church of Scientology insists that Shelly is totally fine and has been living her life all these years just the way she wants - but there's been no evidence that she is even alive. Many believe she is being held in a scientology compound as a literal prisoner (scientology is known for physically abusing those who have fallen out of favor). Since the book has come out, there are still no answers on what has happened to her.
- a fan of Leah Remini as an actress from "King of Queens" or elsewhere
- eager for any scrap of information on how Hollywood works behind the scenes, or getting into Hollywood
- curious about what Scientology is like, and what's so bad about it
- you're curious about the Shelly Miscavige mystery
This book tells the rags-to-riches story of Leah Remini becoming an actress. Of her struggles to achieve success and her struggles once she was successful. It also talks about scientology; about how her family got into it, about her involvement with it, her commitment and her concerns, and how things changed when she turned from a pauper into a millionaire actress. She talks about the head of scientology, David Miscavige, about Tom Cruise, and the hypocrisy and machinations of scientology.
One could argue that everything portrayed here, in her personal life, Hollywood and scientology, is just Leah Remini's side of the story. That other people may tell a version of events putting her in a less positive light. But the author isn't shy about her faults. She comes across as genuine; a hard-working, difficult to get along with, passionate and caring individual.
Quite possibly the most disturbing part is Leah Remini's efforts over several years to demand scientology explain what happened to David Miscavige's wife, Shelly. Why did she suddenly disappear from the public eye, and stop responding to all forms of communication? Why did David Miscavige take his assistant as his partner to events where his wife should have been his date? The author pushed for LAPD to investigate. They ended up dropping the case. The Church of Scientology insists that Shelly is totally fine and has been living her life all these years just the way she wants - but there's been no evidence that she is even alive. Many believe she is being held in a scientology compound as a literal prisoner (scientology is known for physically abusing those who have fallen out of favor). Since the book has come out, there are still no answers on what has happened to her.