Nothing's Sacred
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00097DWX6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 211 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"No one is safe from Lewis Black's comic missiles." (New York Times)You have been warned.. Comedian Lewis Black unleashes his trademark subversive wit while recounting his own life story in his New York Times bestselling memoir.You've seen him on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart offering up his trademark angry observational humor on everything from politics to pop culture. With subversive wit and intellectual honesty, Lewis examines the events of his life that shaped his antiauthoritarian point of view and developed his comedic perspective. True to form, he puts common sense above ideology and distills hilarious, biting commentary on all things politically and culturally relevant. And as that sentiment grew stronger with each passing year, so did his ability to hone in on the absurd. Growing up in 1950s suburbia when father knew best and there was a sitcom to prove it, he began to regard authority with a jaundiced eye at an early age. Now, for the first time, Lewis Black translates his volcanic eruptions into book form in Nothing's Sacred, a collection of rants against stupidity and authority, whic
If you can't laugh about the history of religion you are too darn serious Could not stop reading. Some of the book came from past monologues but he improved them. As a true believer in God I still can laugh at some of the crap that is done in the name of religion. Lewis is not truly disrespectful but delves into the foibles of those who come up with the rules.. I am a Lewis Black fan, but the book was disappointing. Filmfan I enjoyed the first part of the book, where he tells about his childhood and being in school, but I didn't find the rest of the bookall that interesting or amusing. The more I read, the more I felt that I wish I hadn't spent money to get this book. Many copies are now for sale for 1 cent. Buy one of them, or borrow it from a library, I'd suggest. He can be very funny as a stand-up comedian, and I still enjoy him for that.. "But for those of us who enjoy good, stinging sarcasm" according to Judy Murphy. Again, he's not for everyone. But for those of us who enjoy good, stinging sarcasm, and invariable truths about life, and living it, he's A #1. Having seen him several times on television, I was anxious to read his books. I wasn't disappointed. He's as caustic in print as he is on the stage. He can get a bit rough, but if you've seen him perform, you know what you're getting into. I like him, and would read anything he writes.
All rights reserved. Black's reading is less explosive than his usual this-man-is-going-to-have-a-heart-attack delivery. 7). Raised in the early 1950s in a Washington, D.C., suburb ("an oxygenated void that prepares you for either depression or space travel"), Black passes the decades by venting on everything from how he was taught to avoid an atomic bomb blast by hiding under a classroom chair ("we're talking about a fireball from hell and these morons had me hiding under wood; under kindling, for God's sake") to the "breathless, exciting" times of campus war protests. . Although he still smolders at the corporate greed, government incompetence and antigay marriage rhetoric ("It takes