Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: badly written, disappointing excuse for a biography

W.C. Fields was a great comic and a true original. As such he is deserving of a great biography - this isn't it! Louvish is simply not a good writer. His lame attempts at jokes a la Fields fall flat as does his editorializing. He also can't quote film lines accurately which is a pretty serious failing when we're talking about films available on video or seen regularly on AMC or TCM. Yes, Louvish has done research but, like his equally lame Marx Brothers bio, the research is spoiled by a poor, self-indulgent style.Skip this poorly written excuse for a biography, search out a copy of Ronald Fields' "W.C. Fields by Himself", and let the Great Man speak for himself. Even though "W.C. Fields His Follies and Fortunes" may not be accurate, it's a lot more fun than this and captures the spirit of Field far better than Louvish.