Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Interesting anecdotes, very weak presentation.

It's wonderful to have a book that spins some interesting backstage yarns about the various productions of Auntie Mame, but don't expect anything more than that. The recording of oral anecdotes is valuable, but the author doesn't dig very deeply into the "meaning" of Auntie Mame, providing no real insights into the characteristics that have kept her so popular over the years. In fact, it seems as if he hasn't even read the original novel, though he does include a last, interesting chapter on the later years of Patrick Dennis. The writing style is pedestrian and the actual text is riddled with grammatical errors and typos to such a degree that I can scarely believe that this wasn't a vanity publication. Recommended only to die-hard fans of Auntie Mame, Angela Lansbury, or Rosalind Russell.