Fun Home

Particularly revealing is a snapshot of a certain letter from father to daughter because his indecipherable handwriting means all the reader has is.

Fun home. A family tragicomic put me in the same irritated and impatient mood experienced when reading toni morrison s the song of solomon in high school. Fun home delivers the tragedy in bechdel s life with comedic aplomb illustrating key scenes from her childhood and adolescence in a cartoon style that harks back to the comics that came before. One of the most groundbreaking productions ever to hit broadway fun home is the winner of five 2015 tony awards including best musical.

Fun home delivers the tragedy in bechdel s life with comedic aplomb illustrating key scenes from her childhood and adolescence in a cartoon style that harks back to the comics that came before. Based on alison bechdel s best selling graphic memoir fun. Both books feel like major wank offs to the writers cumulative reading endeavors.

Particularly revealing is a snapshot of a certain letter from father to daughter because his indecipherable handwriting means all the reader has is. A family tragicomic is a graphic memoir by alison bechdel it focuses specifically on her parents helen and bruce and their role in her life bechdel builds the narrative around the tragic event of her father s death. This groundbreaking production introduces us to alison at three different ages revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family that connect with her in surprising new ways.

A family tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the american cartoonist alison bechdel author of the comic strip dykes to watch out for it chronicles the author s childhood and youth in rural pennsylvania united states focusing on her complex relationship with her father the book addresses themes of sexual orientation gender roles suicide emotional abuse dysfunctional family. To put it in less crude terms both books overflow with self conscious references to classic literature both use the odyssey in a major way. The groundbreaking life affirming and exquisite new musical fun home was the event of the broadway season receiving raves from critics and audiences alike winning five 2015 tony awards including best book of a musical and best score awards for lansing s own lisa kron as well as best musical making history along the.