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A review by trevoryan
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
3.0
The two reasons that we are interested in reading a memoir about Colin Jost are:
1. He is a writer and does Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.
2. He is engaged to Scarlett Johansson.
He spends a good amount of time in this book talking about SNL. And I enjoyed that a lot. As someone who has been into the show on and off for over 39 years, I am very interested to read (listen really, as I listened to the audiobook) about what goes on behind the scenes.
But Jost barely mentions his relationship with one of the most famous movie stars in the world! This really felt like a rip-off to me. Does he really think readers are interested enough in just him? No. Scarlett makes him more interesting. And readers want to know how it is that such a non-movie star guy ended up engaged to her.
Missed opportunity, for sure.
1. He is a writer and does Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.
2. He is engaged to Scarlett Johansson.
He spends a good amount of time in this book talking about SNL. And I enjoyed that a lot. As someone who has been into the show on and off for over 39 years, I am very interested to read (listen really, as I listened to the audiobook) about what goes on behind the scenes.
But Jost barely mentions his relationship with one of the most famous movie stars in the world! This really felt like a rip-off to me. Does he really think readers are interested enough in just him? No. Scarlett makes him more interesting. And readers want to know how it is that such a non-movie star guy ended up engaged to her.
Missed opportunity, for sure.