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I Hail Randy Moss wrote:
It's good to see Faulkner shed light on black loyalties and friendships with their owners following the end of the Civil War. You can't trust Hollywood, because all they show are blacks revolting and celebrating, but never the repercussions of post-war/reconstruction.[/img]
start building refurbishing put people to work get them humanitarian help! nevermind.thats just in my utopian head
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Who else is getting up early with me to watch the Nobel announcement tomorrow? 7:00AM Eastern!
Murakami looks like the favorite, although there's been rumblings about Peter Nadas (at least in the betting world). I haven't read either, so I can't really comment.
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I'm reading Lansings Endurance. The retelling of Shackletons expedition to the Antarctic. It's mind-blowing what they went through and it's really well written. Haven't been able fo put it down.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
I usually think memoirs by comediennes are stupid, but I'm laughing pretty hard at this one. Then again, I'm not sure that Jenny Larson is a comedienne.
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I usually think memoirs by comediennes are stupid
women aren't funny, yeah?
anyway - I'm reading "Amusing Ourselves to Death" (Neil Postman) - about women comediennes I think...
actually it's about the sociological effects of technology on the country, but was written in the 80s and the technology was mostly television - still some valid commentary applicable today.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
malice wrote:
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I usually think memoirs by comediennes are stupid
women aren't funny, yeah?
You're right. That was a sexist statement. Does it help if I also dislike books by Bill Maher, Penn Jillette, George Carlin, Lewis Black, and John Hodgman?
Basically, I think stand-up, sketch, or sitcom writing translates poorly in books. Often, it translates poorly in stand-up, sketches, and sitcoms.
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