Join us for Bossypants Book Club. We will meet on Monday, February 19 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. at Nabeel’s Cafe. We will have food and fun while we discuss our pick for February 2018: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish.
Los Angeles native, Tiffany Haddish started doing comedy at a kid. Comedy to her, is something very important. In an interview, she stated that comedy is “an instrument and the key to being positive and staying alive”. Humor has always been a centerpiece in her life, and now she is one of the hottest comedians around.
If you haven’t seen here on TV on series If Loving You Is Wrong (the OWN network) or NBC’s The Charmichael Show. You may have seen her in movies Keanu, Mad Families, School Dance, or Girls Trip. Haddish was also the first black female comic to host Saturday Night Live. Her next film is called Night School. This project reunites her with director Malcom D. Lee. and co-stars Kevin Hart.
If you are interested in learning more about Tiffany Haddish, check out her autobiography The Last Black Unicorn.
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
“From stand-up comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish comes The Last Black Unicorn, a hilarious, edgy, and heart-wrenching collection of autobiographical essays that will leave you laughing through tears.
Tiffany Haddish grew up in one of the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles. Her mother wound up with a debilitating brain injury after surviving a car accident. Tiffany never fit in anywhere: not in the households she rotated through in the foster care system, and certainly not the nearly all white high school she had to ride the bus an hour to attend.
As an illiterate ninth grader, Tiffany did everything she could to survive. After a multitude of jobs, she finally realized that she had talent in an area she never would have suspected: comedy. Tiffany faced the ‘routine’ hindrances of climbing the entertainment business ladder — but had the added obstacles of sex, race, and class in her way.
But she got there. She’s humble, grateful, down to earth, and funny Tiffany can’t avoid being funny: it’s just who she is. But The Last Black Unicorn is so much more than a side-splittingly hilarious collection of essays — it’s a memoir of the struggles of one woman who came from nothing and nowhere. A woman who was able to achieve her dreams by reveling in her pain and awkwardness, showing the world who she really is, and inspiring others through the power of laughter.” — From publisher’s description.