Looking Sharp: 'Running With Scissors'

Hey there, faithful Worth Repeating readers. As promised, I'm the straight stand-in for Kenny's big gay blog while he and his husband whoop it up in Provincetown this week. I can guarantee that he's going to come home with a smile plastered on his face and a tan dark enough to suck in light particles and slow down time itself.

You may have heard some hollering here before about the works of Augusten Burroughs, with good reason. He's a tremendously significant author, widely renowned for dark humor, sharp storytelling and his ability to turn a life of addiction, abuse and turmoil into literary gold. All of Burroughs' work is highly recommended reading, but 'Running With Scissors' is his most infamous -- it's an autobiographical tale that tells of his life growing up with an insane (like eating candle wax insane) mother who sends him to live with her psychiatrist. Under the shrink's parentage, Augusten is regularly subjected to tremendous psychological, emotional and sexual abuse. It's hilarious. Seriously.

In a post-James-Frey era, I have to wonder how true any autiobiography really is. 'Running With Scissors' is at least true enough to spark an anti-defamation lawsuit from the psychiatrist's family.

Now the book's being made into a movie. You can see the trailer here. It looks like it's going to be a close spiritual cousin to 'Harold and Maude' -- and that's not a bad thing at all.

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