Kelsey Grammar and Leslie Sansome
In taking a break from my intellectual pursuits of re-studying C.S. Lewis with the help of Dr. Louis Markos'
book and lectures,
I picked up a couple of lighter fare at the library.
First is the autobiography of Kelsey Grammar, otherwise known as Frasier Crane in the TV shows Cheers and Frasier.
Click here for book link
My whole family has enjoyed the wit and humor of the Frasier show (shows are previewed and edited if needed as they can get very course fast), but the good ones are really good. Lots of intelligent language, dry humor and some good slapstick, too.
It was interesting hearing about Grammar's life. My dh asked if I recommended it, as we are always trading good reads ( or listens). I said yes, qualified. The first half was very interesting. He had a difficult childhood. Absent father, scattered mother. He lost his most important people through tragedy, some violent.
He claimed his faith and connection with God, through Christian Scientist upbringing, but expressed his faith in ways very different that one would expect.
It was interesting watching him try to find himself in his childhood and teens. It was a portrait, so often played out in our world, of a lost child trying to find something real, all the hurts of the world being manifested in a search that often takes people down very difficult roads.
The second half of the books could have been rubber-stamped as the classic Hollywood celebrity's story of crash and burn. He did. Same tools: drugs, bad relationships, money, fame. Crash.
Grammar was interesting though, (back to the first half) because during his teens he was looking for an escape from the pressures of his dysfunctional life. He found it in surfing. He said between the ages of 14 and 17 would surf from 6-8 am, go to school, rush through his homework and chores, then surf from 4-7 pm. That is where he felt connected with God, was on his surfboard.
In school he always gravitated toward the teachers as friends, not the kids. One teacher introduced him to Shakespeare. Another to language. He was in love. He went on to become a Shakespearean actor, then of course, Fraisier Crane.
I hope he finds that peace he so earnestly is seeking.
Ok.. I will save Leslie Sansome for my next post... this got long!
book and lectures,
I picked up a couple of lighter fare at the library.
First is the autobiography of Kelsey Grammar, otherwise known as Frasier Crane in the TV shows Cheers and Frasier.
Click here for book link
My whole family has enjoyed the wit and humor of the Frasier show (shows are previewed and edited if needed as they can get very course fast), but the good ones are really good. Lots of intelligent language, dry humor and some good slapstick, too.
It was interesting hearing about Grammar's life. My dh asked if I recommended it, as we are always trading good reads ( or listens). I said yes, qualified. The first half was very interesting. He had a difficult childhood. Absent father, scattered mother. He lost his most important people through tragedy, some violent.
He claimed his faith and connection with God, through Christian Scientist upbringing, but expressed his faith in ways very different that one would expect.
It was interesting watching him try to find himself in his childhood and teens. It was a portrait, so often played out in our world, of a lost child trying to find something real, all the hurts of the world being manifested in a search that often takes people down very difficult roads.
The second half of the books could have been rubber-stamped as the classic Hollywood celebrity's story of crash and burn. He did. Same tools: drugs, bad relationships, money, fame. Crash.
Grammar was interesting though, (back to the first half) because during his teens he was looking for an escape from the pressures of his dysfunctional life. He found it in surfing. He said between the ages of 14 and 17 would surf from 6-8 am, go to school, rush through his homework and chores, then surf from 4-7 pm. That is where he felt connected with God, was on his surfboard.
In school he always gravitated toward the teachers as friends, not the kids. One teacher introduced him to Shakespeare. Another to language. He was in love. He went on to become a Shakespearean actor, then of course, Fraisier Crane.
I hope he finds that peace he so earnestly is seeking.
Ok.. I will save Leslie Sansome for my next post... this got long!
posted by Cindy at 7:32 AM
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