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A review by daumari
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
5.0
I listened to the audiobook version of this, and I truly believe this is the definitive way to consume this book. Sure, you could read The Disaster Artist at your own pace (often why I prefer dead tree editions to audiobooks), but the magic of this particular one is that [a:Greg Sestero|6949593|Greg Sestero|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] narrates his own (co-written) book, and absolutely nails Tommy Wiseau's vocal cadence. Part of this likely comes from their decade-long friendship; part of this is likely derived from Greg knowing French and having a French/Sicilian mother (who he also imbues with an accent whenever she appears).
It would definitely help if you've seen The Room before reading/listening to this book. I've seen James Franco's adaptation of this, and think he could've lingered a little longer on Greg's early days of acting (was he not able to get the rights to Retro Puppetmaster?), nor was the late act speculation on T./Pierre/Birdman's origin story before he became Thomas P. Wiseau.
It would definitely help if you've seen The Room before reading/listening to this book. I've seen James Franco's adaptation of this, and think he could've lingered a little longer on Greg's early days of acting (was he not able to get the rights to Retro Puppetmaster?), nor was the late act speculation on T./Pierre/Birdman's origin story before he became Thomas P. Wiseau.