But having decided to never give up or settle pushed him to reach ever higher. With a drive to succeed at all costs, he started down a path that was shaky and loaded with potential turmoil. This was through his appreciation and connection to Superman and other fictional stories and heroes. He luckily discovered a way to reach beyond his situation. My biggest takeaway from this part was how he lost a childhood by having to grow up so quickly. He learned to adapt, to overcome, to hide in plain sight. Moving constantly, running from and to things that no child should know about changed him in ways that we can only scratch the surface of. He tells of his mentally ill mother and physically abusive father, but does not fail to tell us how horrific his grandparents were as well. Even reading the horrors that he went through cannot convey the damage done to this man at such an early age. But I will try my best.īorn into a family that offered him no true love, Straczynski suffered in ways most of us can only imagine.
But before I give you an overview of his autobiography, let me just say I will not be able to do this book justice.
Michael Straczynski, but I hope to meet this amazing man one day. Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood is a harrowing tale that will break your heart and uplift your spirit, all at the same time. However, in this case, I was sadly mistaken. You think you know a writer by the works they produce. Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood
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