The Village Voice, October 18th, 2006
Running With Scissors
Written and directed by Ryan Murphy
Sony, opens October 20
Scissor Sister
Coming of age and coming out in the 'Me' decade
BY ROB NELSON
'I guess it doesn't matter where I begin," reasons the adult narrator of Running With Scissors, the inevitable Oscar contender adapted from Augusten Burroughs's wacky memoir of coming out as a gay teen in his adoptive guru's carnivalesque commune. "No one is gonna believe me anyway."
No one? In fact, Burroughs's public has bought his story in a big way: The book has earned awestruck reviews and moved roughly a million copies. The m...
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