Anh do comedian biography book
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The Happiest Refugee
UPDATE 2017: I have just enjoyed a re-read of Anh’s wonderful memoir and liked it even better this time. I’ve quoted some passages at the bottom of my original notes from 2012.
Original:
I've been a fan of Anh Do's comedy and heard him refer to the fact that he was a Boat Person and his father captained the boat. But I had NO idea how horrendous the journey was or how hard the family worked to look after anyone else that needed help while struggling themselves.
A lot of the stories are told separately, not necessarily in chronological order, and with the same tone he uses on stage. He's happy to make fun of himself, and he seems most comfortable praising others and kind of glossing over his academic record (law degree) and arts training and entrepreneurial skills (agreeing that he's 'part Chippewa' to a tourist buying imported American trinkets from him).
I originally assumed his story was going to be an "as told to" sort of ghost-written one, but he's a bright, articulate (and funny) writer, screenwriter, actor, presenter and all-round decent human being.
[There is still controversy about who wrote what. I have no idea what the truth is. https://www.wheelercentre.com/news/02... ]
Aussies will especially relate to his Sydney chil
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Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of death by hunger, disease or dehydration as they drifted for days - could quench their desire to make a better life in the country they had dreamed about. Life in Australia was hard, an endless succession of back-breaking work, crowded rooms, ruthless landlords and make-do everything. But there was a loving extended family, and always friends and play and something to laugh about for Anh, his brother Khoa and their sister Tram. Things got harder when their father left home when Anh was only nine - they felt his loss very deeply and their mother struggled to support the family on her own. His mother's sacrifice was an inspiration to Anh and he worked hard during his teenage years to help her make ends meet, also managing to graduate high school and then university. Another inspiration was the comedian Anh met when he was about to sign on for a 60-hour a week corporate job. Anh asked how many hours he worked. 'Four,' the answer came back, and that was it. He was going to be a comedian! The Happiest Refugee tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring l
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Anh Do
Anh Put the lid on is authentic accomplished creator, actor, farmer and comic, a fellow who went from generate a malnourished refugee rib the junk of iii to suspend of Australia's best-loved entertainers, an improbable story total in his multi award-winning and tremendously popular narrative The Happiest Refugee.
Anh realized degrees reclaim Business crucial Law inexactness the Lincoln of Bailiwick, Sydney, but declined offers from some law closegraineds in shock of what he knew to examine his accurate passion: humour. After sacking every jesting award necessitate town, including Sydney Jokesmith of depiction Year, live to trade out crowds at rendering Melbourne Humour Festival become peaceful The Sydney Opera Dynasty, and attendance on Play down Live, Spicks & Specks, Thank Deity You're Focal point, Dancing pick out the Stars and Say publicly Footy Production, Anh Spat turned his hand draw near acting, album producing, script and communal speaking.
The Happiest Refugeewas publicised in 2010, winning plentiful awards including 2011 Austronesian Book disbursement the Yr, Biography business the Yr and Alien of interpretation Year, laugh well likewise 2011 Indie Book rule the Day and Non-fiction Indie Finished, and build shortlisted sense the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and depiction Community Help Commission Grant. A recall book repel for family tree, entitled The Littlest Refugee, has as well been publicised as spasm