History Literature / TheDisasterArtist

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Everyone is consistently baffled by Tommy's seemingly endless wealth despite his complete lack of common sense, let alone bugetary skills. To wit, Wiseau ''purchased'' half a million dollars worth of film equipment (a move not even most ''major studios'' would make), including his infamous side-by-side HD and 35mm film cameras yet has caused his second DP to resign because the former wouldn't purchase a $200 generator.

* {{Narm}}: {{In-universe}}. Many of the crew members had to conceal their laughter about what they were witnessing. Even the cameraman began to laugh so hard the camera began to shake during takes.

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:Pretty much every single part detailing Tommy's childhood (at least what [[UnreliableExpositor Wiseau claims his childhood was like]])]].

That man was one Tommy Wiseau, and little did Greg know that his life would be changed forever, both by him as well as Wiseau's dream project, a movie named ''Film/TheRoom''...

* ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: Sestero provides background for some of the oddest parts of ''The Room'', only to reveal that the oddities and mistakes were present, or even worse, in the original script. For example, Johnny humping Lisa's red dress wasn't just some weird ad-lib. The script actually called for Johnny to hump Lisa's clothes before offing himself.

* FreudianExcuse: If Sestero's account of Tommy's life is true (which he doubts), then Tommy's had really lousy life.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The parts of ''The Room'' that seem the most human, like the scene where the friends were sitting around talking about Bay to Breakers, were taken directly from Tommy's life experiences.

-->-- '''Johnny (Timmy Wiseau)'''

* BlatantLies: The book opens with Tommy lying his way into someone else's restaurant reservation, a taste of things to come. Most notably, he lies about looking into getting a generator for the set, and director Graham Futerfas directly and publicly calls him out for it, resigns, and takes half the crew with him.

* ClosestThingWeGot: How the ''third'' director, Todd Barron, got the job. He was a cameraman who was one of the few people who didn't walk out with the second director. He just asked for the job, and got it.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Everyone is consistently baffled by Tommy's seemingly endless wealth despite his complete lack of common sense, let alone bugetary skills. To wit, Wiseau ''purchased'' half a million dollars worth of film equipment (a move not even most ''major studios'' would make), including his infamous side-by-side HD and 35mm film cameras yet has caused his DP to resign because the former wouldn't purchase a $200 generator.

* ThrowItIn: Almost everything that fans love about ''The Room'' was a ThrowItIn. Wiseau was writing, directing, casting, ''rewriting'', and acting by the seat of his pants.

* PrimaDonnaDIrector: Wiseau.

* NoSocialSkills: Wiseau

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Everyone is consistently baffled by Tommy's seemingly endless wealth despite his complete lack of common sense, let alone bugetary skills. To wit, Wiseau ''purchased'' half a million dollars worth of film equipment (a move not even most ''major studios'' would make), including his infamous side-by-side HD and 30mm film cameras yet has caused his DP to resign because the former wouldn't purchase a $200 generator.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Everyone is consistently baffled by Tommy's seemingly endless wealth despite his complete lack of common sense, let alone bugetary skills. To wit, Wiseau ''purchased'' half a million dollars worth of film equipment (a move not even most ''major studios'' would make), including his infamous side-by-side HD and 30mm film cameras yet has caused one of the DPs to resign because the former wouldn't purchase a $200 generator.

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:Pretty much every single part detailing Tommy's childhood (at least what [[UnreliableExpositor Wiseau claims his childhood was like]])]].

* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl ManicPixieDreamGuy]]: Wiseau of all people. Perfectly exemplified when he signs Sestero up for the Bay to Breakers run without the latter's knowledge and drags him there with no clue as to where he's going and despite having explicitly told him that he would be extremely tired that morning.

* ManicPixieDreamGuy: Wiseau of all people. Perfectly exemplified when he signs Sestero up for the Bay to Breakers run without the latter's knowledge and drags him there with no clue as to where he's going and despite having explicitly told him that he would be extremely tired that morning.
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:Pretty much every single part detailing Tommy's childhood (at least what [[UnrealiableExpositor Wiseau claims his childhood was like]])]].

In 1998, the then 19 year old Greg Sestero was yet another young man with the dream of becoming an actor. Frustrated with his lack of success thus, he nevertheless persisted and enrolled in an acting class in San Francisco. There he noticed one of his classmates, a very strange man who was clearly not grasping the fundamentals of the course yet didn't seem to be embarassed by it. On a while, Greg approached him and asked if he wanted to do a scene with him.

''The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made'' is a non-fiction book written by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell detailing not only the events behind the production of the SoBadItsGood masterpiece ''The Room'' but also Sestero's unlikely friendship with Tommy Wiseau.