The full title is actually Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin, and the contents are just as revealing as you'd expect. My interest was less in the subject matter than in its author, Paul Feig, creator of the greatest American TV show ever, Freaks and Geeks. Like most of my favourite shows, F&G went unnoticed by everyone in North America but myself (or so it felt), so I was surprised that Feig could land a book deal. I understand now that he started with a well-received memoir on his teenaged years; maybe Superstud was arranged as a two-fer. Certainly, I don't know that it would have been picked up on its own. Squirm-worthy confessions by the author, while brave, don't really make a great read, and there's little self-analysis between the anecdotes. At one point, he even reproduces his teenage diary verbatim, adding humour-free footnotes to the rather dull memories. F&G fans may get a kick out of the origins of the hickey breakup, as well as brief mentions of Parisien nightsuits and disco magicians, and the F&G-ready heartbreak of compounded rejection on a roller rink, but the overall effect is to make one appreciate Feig's TV writing more than his autobiographing. It's all rather more pointless than poignant.
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