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Like Brothers

By: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mindy Kaling - introduction
Narrated by: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass
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 The multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (as seen on The League, Transparent, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique memoir.

“A book that anyone will love . . . You can enjoy it even if you have no idea who the Duplass brothers are.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Whether producing, writing, directing, or acting, the Duplass Brothers have made their mark in the world of independent film and television on the strength of their quirky and empathetic approach to storytelling. Now, for the first time, Mark and Jay take readers on a tour of their lifelong partnership in this unique memoir told in essays that share the secrets of their success, the joys and frustrations of intimate collaboration, and the lessons they’ve learned the hard way.

From a childhood spent wielding an oversized home video camera in the suburbs of New Orleans to their shared years at the University of Texas in early-nineties Austin, and from the breakthrough short they made on a three-dollar budget to the night their feature film Baghead became the center of a Sundance bidding war, Mark and Jay tell the story of a bond that’s resilient, affectionate, mutually empowering, and only mildly dysfunctional. They are brutally honest about how their closeness sabotaged their youthful romantic relationships, about the jealousy each felt when the other stole the spotlight as an actor (Mark in The League, Jay in Transparent), and about the challenges they faced on the set of their HBO series Togetherness—namely, too much togetherness.

But Like Brothers is also a surprisingly practical road map to a rewarding creative partnership. Rather than split all their responsibilities fifty-fifty, the brothers learned to capitalize on each other’s strengths. They’re not afraid to call each other out, because they’re also not afraid to compromise. Most relationships aren’t—and frankly shouldn’t be—as intense as Mark and Jay’s, but their brand of trust, validation, and healthy disagreement has taken them far.

Part coming-of-age memoir, part underdog story, and part insider account of succeeding in Hollywood on their own terms, Like Brothers is as openhearted and lovably offbeat as Mark and Jay themselves.

“Wright. Ringling. Jonas. I’m sure you could name a bunch of famous brother teams. They’re all garbage compared to Mark and Jay. I can’t wait for you to read this book.”—from the foreword by Mindy Kaling Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Memoir Comedy Biography
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Fun. Light. Heartwarming.
A book to binge at night with your partner while you reminisce your relationships with your siblings and your childhood daydreams.

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Listening to Mark and Jay talk about the creative struggle on their way to becoming an Indie Film Powerhouse is beyond inspiring. To hear who they got frustrated, procrastinated but eventually pushed through and broke into the film industry leaves the listener with an overall feeling of hope and aspiration.

Listening to them talk about their dynamic as a duo and the conflicts and misconceptions that lie within that lay the groundwork for some great advice on how to be an effective collaborator.

A must trader for filmmakers at all levels.

An essential listen for filmmakers.

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This book is only to listen! Bc having actors and directors read their own book is the only way to consume it!

Highly recommend to someone that has a sibling as much as to ones who dont (like me). Never had a sibling of my own age so it was first of all a beautiful witnessing of that kind of relationship, which i obviously understand is certainly one of a kind too.

Highly recommend it to ones curious of how nontoxic masculity looks like. Its truly beautiful to listen to these two sensitive, creative men talk about relationships, work, family, psychological safety.

Very honest, cute and very entertaining!

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interesting artsy people make good artsy book about their interesting relationship. Cried at the gym after the last chapter.

great damn book

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Over-indulgent, uninformative and staggeringly boring. Just not sure what the point in this book is at all

Over-indulgent, uninformative and boring

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