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A review by mandirigma
You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir by Parker Posey
3.0
I feel like this was written as an audiobook. I alternated back and forth between audio and text, and while there's nothing wrong with the text, really, you do have to orient yourself with the style. You're sitting next to her on an airplane and she's telling you about her life. Some sentences will seem misplaced but she's talking to a flight attendant.
I've been a fan of Parker Posey since Dazed and Confused (though Party Girl is my all-time favorite). I picked up this book because she had always seemed so mysterious and quirky to me, and the book delivered on that front, I guess? She is exactly as quirky as I'd imagined her in my mind, and okay with being her age, which was refreshing. No huge insights about anything in her life, really, just "Huh, I guess that's who Parker Posey is." There are a few chapters here about some of the movies she's worked on, though nothing salacious. The chapters on the Woody Allen film and working with Louis C.K. were non-controversial and don't address any of the allegations against them, which was disappointing and tone-deaf.
Outside of that, the rest of the book was an okay read. It was interesting to me because I like Parker Posey, but I don't think you'd feel the same if you're not a bigger-than-average fan of hers.
I've been a fan of Parker Posey since Dazed and Confused (though Party Girl is my all-time favorite). I picked up this book because she had always seemed so mysterious and quirky to me, and the book delivered on that front, I guess? She is exactly as quirky as I'd imagined her in my mind, and okay with being her age, which was refreshing. No huge insights about anything in her life, really, just "Huh, I guess that's who Parker Posey is." There are a few chapters here about some of the movies she's worked on, though nothing salacious. The chapters on the Woody Allen film and working with Louis C.K. were non-controversial and don't address any of the allegations against them, which was disappointing and tone-deaf.
Outside of that, the rest of the book was an okay read. It was interesting to me because I like Parker Posey, but I don't think you'd feel the same if you're not a bigger-than-average fan of hers.