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I'm Not Making This Up, You Know: The Autobiography of the Queen of Musical Parody
by
Anna Russell
Hardcover
,
246 pages
Published
December 31st 1985
by Continuum
(first published November 1985)
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I am very fortunate, where I live, to have access to something called the Arts Channel. This television station dedicates its programming to classical music, ballet, theatre, opera and the like. It is thanks to the Arts Channel that I was introduced to the brilliant musical parodist, Anna Russell -- specifically her 20-minute analysis (completely accurate in detail) of the plot of Wagner's "Ring Cycle."
I was immediately hooked by Russell's comedic rendering and set about obtaining some recording ...more
I was immediately hooked by Russell's comedic rendering and set about obtaining some recording ...more
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Hilarious autobiography of a hilarious woman. It lacked a bit in that she sort of brushed over some things which must have been horribly sad (her mother is someone I'd have gladly punched... imagine referring to your five year-old daughter as "The Toad") but this is autobiography, not memoir, so it is to be expected.
This is easily the best, and most amusing, musical biography I've ever read. I've adored Ms Russell as a singer/composer for years, and finding her autobio was quite a treat.
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