The Disaster Artist Analysis

The Disaster Artist is a memoir of Greg Sestero that depicts his friendship story with Tommy Wiseau. Greg is an ordinary high school graduate in his 20’s who dreams to become an actor. He has attempted numerous ways from attending acting schools to modelling. One time when Greg was attending his acting class, he met a person who would change his life. That’s Tommy Wiseau. The first impression that Greg had on Tommy was that he is a weird person. Tommy does not seem to be an approachable, likeable person, and he is full of mystery. Greg resumes his story of meeting and partnering with Tommy in The Disaster Artist. His memoir continues all the way to the end of production of Tommy’s movie The Room, which is an immense influence towards …show more content…
Greg establishes Tommy as a mysterious character in the beginning of his memoir. Nonetheless, this is just an examination at the surface of the text. The tone used by Greg serves to depict his relationship with Tommy. Thus far in the book, Greg is collaborating with Tommy on a class assignment. Although Greg shows his interest in knowing more about Tommy and tolerance of Tommy’s peculiarity by attentively observing Tommy’s actions, Greg’s attitude towards Tommy proves that they are not yet considered friends. According to the observation of an expert in human relations, “Aristotle's concept of true friendship, that friends care for each other for the other’s wellbeing” (Liebendorfer). Liebendorfer references the philosopher Aristotle’s claim to demonstrate the characteristic of friendship. However, Greg’s impression of Tommy comprises of harsh descriptions and criticism of Tommy’s appearance. Greg pitilessly describes Tommy’s face as sour and hair as messy. Greg’s description of Tommy indicates the opposite of what friends should be. Overall, Greg’s narration shows that Tommy is a strange classmate that he does not understand, and this indicates that they are merely classmates teaming up for an