Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek [Hardcover]

Olivia Munn (Author), Mac Montandon (Author)

Book Description

Release date: July 6, 2010

In this hilarious collection you'll find essays like “thought’s About My First Agent’s Girlfriend’s Vagina,” wherein Olivia skewers what it’s like to live in Hollywood. In “Sex: What You Can Do to Help Yourself Have More of It,” she frankly gets down to the business of getting it on, including advice on how to appropriately wrap it and bag it. In “What to Do When the Robots Invade (Yes, When!),” Olivia offers valuable information on . . .  what to do when the robots invade! And just when you thought she couldn’t get any more geeky, she can. This book also includes such handy treasures as a timeline of great moments in Geek history, a flip book, an unofficial FAQ section, and a nifty (read: smokin') foldout poster.

Suck It, Wonder Woman! brings Olivia Munn’s unique humor, incredible wit, and lightning-fast costume changes to a world that needs more scrapbooking, sea monkeys, and for the love of God, a freakin' hoverboard!

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Turn to page 92 now!”

- Garry Shandling

“A book only Olivia Munn could write. Better read it now; everyone’ll be talking about it tomorrow.”

- Stan Lee

"This book so good. You buy now. Okay, bye."

- Olivia’s mom

"If Citizen Kane were a book, this would be it."

- Jon Favreau

“She’s part Asian! And I like sushi.”

-Masi Oka

"This book confirms why Olivia has garnered a massive supportive following--she's fearless, honest, relatable, and truly funny."

-Elijah Wood

 

About the Author

Olivia Munn is an actress and comedian. She is the star of NBC's sitcom Perfect Couples (created by the hit-makers of 30 Rock, Friends and Seinfeld) and a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Rolling Stone named Olivia one of the "Best Characters on TV" in 2010, saying she's "sarcastic and fearless ... with razor-sharp self-awareness." GQ named her one of the "113 Funniest in America." Vanity Fair said, "It was damn near impossible not to be charmed by her... instantly likable.” She was anointed the "Queen of Comic-Con." The Washington Post has said that Olivia "cultivated this... with dry wit and a wink...swift and sharp with her improvised lines... Olivia was never at a loss for her place -- or for a one-liner." The New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and USA Today have all shown their support of her sardonic humor. Known for going above and beyond to show her appreciation to fans, who she calls “more like friends than fans," Olivia says, "They've given me this amazing opportunity and life and I am beyond grateful." Raised between Oklahoma and Tokyo, Japan, she now resides in LA. 

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (July 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312591055
• ISBN-13: 978-0312591052
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Olivia Munn is an actress and also the television host of the popular G4 program "Attack of the Show." Known for her quick wit, impeccable timing, and self-effacing approach to comedy, she is the face of the G4 network and a hit with audiences everywhere. Entertainment Weekly put Olivia on their "2009 Must list," The New York Times and USA Today have shown their support of her sardonic personality, and Rolling Stone listed her as one of the four reasons they loved G4. Olivia has graced the cover of numerous magazines and is regularly seen on all of the major blogs. Her candor and loyalty to her fans established a following so fierce she's been anointed "Geek Goddess," "Queen of Comic Con," and "Leader of the Nerds." Raised between Oklahoma and Tokyo, Japan, Olivia now resides in LA.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

168 of 190 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars The Olivia this book reveals is not very likeable October 16, 2010

By Jc Holman III

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I have always enjoyed G4's "Attack of the Show", and the extremely beautiful Olivia Munn has always been a big reason. I bought this book hoping it would be a collection of humorous essays in the vein of Sarah Silverman or Chelsea Handler. What a disappointment. I won't go to great lengths comparing the three women; I'll just say those two women are comics, and Olivia Munn is not. Olivia is primarily known for wearing sexy costumes and claiming to be a hot female geek.

Olivia goes to great lengths to make us feel sorry for her exclusion for different cliques starting in kindergarten. She comes off as completely self centered and unaware that this is a normal part of childhood. She also needs someone to tell her that nobody feels sorry for the ugly duckling once it has become a well paid, famous, frequently lusted after swan. Not exactly the tear jerker she seemed to think it would be. Revealing that she was a cheerleader and model during her school years also takes a lot of the sting out of her self pity.

Another annoying habit Olivia gives in to is revealing the ugliest traits of the nameless high powered Hollywood directors and producers she tried to court favors from in her early career. It astonishes me when a girl who jumps into giant pies in a French maid uniform for a very comfortable living whines about being pursued by the very men she has gone to great lengths to meet in hopes of having them forward her career. It's the natural order of things for her to take things from them, but offensive if they try to take things from her....

Perhaps the ugliest scene in this book is Olivia's tale of being a snot to her grandmother on the day of the lady's unexpected death, and her revelation that the family had to pull the plug on grandma because of Olivia's refusal (in her mid-teens no less) to perform CPR when the woman's brain was starved for oxygen. In Olivia's view this is a sad story about how grandma's death caused OLIVIA guilt.

Olivia seems (like a lot of young women) to think she's one of the guys because she likes video games and attends comicon. She's not. She is the stereotypical egotistical self centered princess that she complains about throughout the entire book. Her description of a drunken lesbian kiss outlines what you could see in any college dorm party anywhere in the US. Big deal, right? Olivia's view of run of the mill youthful experiment? In her view that story alone is worth the price of the book. It ain't.

But all that amounts to wanting to know more about Olivia and her book delivering that (even though it turns out she is not the cool, easy going chick she portrays on G4). In that way the book delivers. This book is not worth the money because it is not funny. I mean, seriously not funny. Nearly every chapter ends with an attempt at a one liner based on a call-back to something that was completely unfunny earlier in the chapter. They all fall flat... miserably flat in the way that makes you uncomfortable knowing this person probably thinks she's funny.

She's not. Read more ›

38 of 43 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT IS PRINTED ON September 13, 2010

By Will the real KRISTIN WIIG please stand up...

Format:Hardcover

I got this book as a birthday present and at first it seemed kinda cool but then after reading through it gave me a clear idea of who she is...not really a geek but pretending to be so that she can use our demographic as her platform to fame. Grammatically speaking the title itself admits that. She 'geeks' over hollywood, not sci-fi. So the term "Hollywood Geek" is reflective of her obsession with wanting to be famous. The title "Geek in Hollywood" would have meant she was a sci-fi kid trying to make it in Hollywood. She's dumb, but not as dumb as you if you buy this book. If you are a fan boy and need to buy it because she made you think she really likes you then go ahead, but seriously this poor excuse for comdey writing will be in the bargain books section soon enough, so don't feel obliged to pay full price for pages that will end up suck together under the bathroom sink with your collection of Hustlers anyways.

(She should have called it 14:59, LOL.)

67 of 81 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Hmm... it feels forced. July 8, 2010

By Eric E. Dolecki

Format:Hardcover

I wasn't expecting something that was outstanding in how it cleverly used the English language. I was expecting pretty interesting stories about her life, geekdom, and behind-the-scenes stories from her travels on the web, television and film. I think we get a tiny bit of that, but it's written so conversationally and with so many expletives that it turns out feeling coarse, thrown together, and not as interesting as it could have been. I've been a fan of Ms. Lovely for many years... I loved AOTS and she made it so much better. Yes, as a sex symbol, but also as a geek with a great sense of humor. None of that really seems to have come through in this book. It feels forced here... on television or video, it feels natural.

In short, if you're a fan you'll get something out of it. Not a whole lot. If you're not a fan, you're going to be turned off by it. I really wish it was better. I got a digital copy, so I paid less. I'm glad I did that, sorry Olivia :/

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars "Suck It" is for Boys Only June 24, 2011

By Lady KT

Format:Hardcover

I really wanted to like this book. I love Olivia Munn from G4 and Daily Show. I think she is hilarious and the idea of a beautiful geek is wonderful (brains rules!). I wanted to like this book, but I didn't. It's a biography that is cut up with short stories and I guess you would call them essays or advice columns. Munn's life story is interesting moving around and is very real explaining the life of a teenager trying to survive High School and what you will do to fit in at that age. From there, this is only appealing if you are a sci-fi male nerd between 16 and 28. Munn seems to forget or just not know that she has female fans. Chapters on how to please a women sexually don't appeal to women and neither does her female sexapades. The chapters on tweeting Star Wars is okay, but nothing I got excited over. Munn wasn't speaking to me and I knew that from the start. I didn't really laugh and I really, really wanted to. So if you are a guy born between 1995 and 1983 and know the difference between Bobba Fet and Jango Fet, you'll love this; if you have two X chromosomes, you won't.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars I liked Olivia Munn . . . until I read the book May 9, 2011

By Denise

Format:Hardcover

I do my best to not judge on looks, age, sex, sexual orientation, or any other superficial qualities, so when Munn started working at The Daily Show, I was excited to give her a chance as a correspondent-- not despite the fact that she's the hot Asian chick from G4 with the amazing hair and sweet gams, but BECAUSE of it. And some of her pieces on TDS have been downright inspired. I mean, she's no Sam Bee or John Oliver, but there's some definite potential there. I've been standing up for her to friends and family.

And then she let me down.

Unlike other reviewers, I didn't have a problem with Munn's sharing her rough elementary school and college stories. I actually found that they humanized her. The personal stuff was much more engaging than the pointless dating tips and the crap chapter on the zombie apocalypse. But my problems come in the form of superfluous comma use (I don't mind the typos; my own book has a few and I know they're not my fault. But we're talking commas after nouns and before verbs. Who edited this thing?) and the fact that she doesn't know the term "geek" from "nerd." If her whole schtick is that she is loved by geeks and is a geek herself, then how could she possibly use them interchangeably? Any geek will tell you, they're not the same.

But mostly it's this sentence: "I wouldn't call myself a feminist, but still." (See page 135, Chapter 17: Dating Tips to Totally Help You Score.") This is a dating tip that argues that men don't have to pay on dates. Alright, so she's assuming her audience is made completely of straight males, alienating me a bit. And yes, the cover photo and the back flap author photo should have warned me, but REALLY?... A Daily Show correspondent, who, in the same book, defends the right to eat pie and wear super hero costumes, is proud of herself for skydiving and not going nude for Playboy, and argues that the press and television have a narrow definition of sexy (see page 216) doesn't consider herself a feminist? WTF? How does she not get that without feminism, there'd be no Daily Show and no one would pay her for her pithy observations on life? (Although yes, people would still pay her to dive into pie wearing a French maid outfit). Or did she just add that sentence in the middle of a feminist rant so her geeky male audience wouldn't feel intimidated by her feminism because, as she says herself, she's not a feminist?

And don't even get me started about her "thick thighs." If she thinks her thighs are thick, then her definition of thickness is narrow.

I fear that Munn will either fall off the face of the earth, a minor blip forgotten from the radar, or this book will embarrass the living poop out of her for years to come when she realizes how inane much of this book is and how she has no idea of what a goddamn feminist is.

Having said that, I'm still rooting for her. Come on, Olivia. Grow a clue. And get someone else to proofread any future manuscripts. Read more ›