
Barack Like Me
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Within these pages, Grier imagines being called to serve in President Obama's cabinet as the "secretary of mirth"; takes you to a wild and emotional election night party he hosted that didn't go as planned; explains the true meaning of the "magical Negro"; recalls the formative episodes from his life -- including being rejected by the Black Panthers at their headquarters door and turning down the initial offer to work on In Living Color -- and for the first time ever sneaks you backstage at Dancing with the Stars, where he exposes the inner workings of the show -- the camaraderie between dancers and stars, the excruciatingly painful rehearsals, the outrageous preparations, and each hysterical moment of his four-episode appearance and subsequent public meltdown.
Grier unabashedly muses on politics, culture, and race while recounting his own life story in this edgy, timeless, hilarious, and revelatory memoir and look at all things Barack.
Barack Like Me is David Alan Grier at his best -- the man, comic, and twenty-first-century thinker -- funny, brilliant, and original.
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In addition Grier has gained recognition for his numerous feature film roles, including ?Baadasssss!? for director Mario Van Peebles, ?The Woodsman? opposite Kevin Bacon and Mos Def, ?15 Minutes,? ?Boomerang,? ?Bewitched,? ?Jumanji? and Robert Altman's ?Streamers,? for which he won a Golden Lion Award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. David also co-wrote, produced and appeared in the independent film ?Poker House,? Lori Petty's directorial debut.
David recently appreared on the hit tv show Dancing With the Stars in which he danced his heart out for four episodes and then had a very public meltdown when he was eliminated that went viral on the internet. Grier also appeared in the Wayans Family's hit 2009 movie, 'Dance Flick' in which The New York Times gushed "Mr. Grier ultimately steals the movie with a tour-de-force". He is currently working on a stand-up comedy tour that may culminate in a special on Comedy Central about the experiences written about in Barack Like Me!!!
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents Page
- Preface
- 1 Secretary of Mirth
- 2 Beige Is the New Black
- 3 Royalty and Holiness
- 4 The Envelope, Please
- 5 Public Therapy
- 6 Death of the Angry Black Man
- 7 House Burning Down
- 8 Purple Haze
- 9 High School
- 10 The Secret to Marriage
- 11 Purple Crush
- 12 Hated It!
- 13 The Moment
- 14 The Seventy-Two-Hour Rule
- 15 DWTS Diary
- 16 "This Is Gonna End Badly"
- Acknowledgments
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