"America's strangest magazine" (Spin), The Duplex Planet began when Greenberger started publishing his unlikely conversations with the residents at the Duplex Nursing Home in Boston. Over 100 issues later, his magazine has inspired a poetry collection, a 5-vol. CD set, two documentaries, three plays, and this book. Illus.
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When David Greenberg graduated from art school he knew he wanted to work with the elderly--this book explains why. David asked his friends at the nursing home such questions as "Would you rather have a dizzy spell or stub your toe?"; "What is sleep?"; "Who is Frankenstein?"; "Why do people yell?"; "What is embarrassment?"; and "What can robots do?" He wrote down their odd, often unconnected answers and published them in his zine, Duplex Planet, from which he collected the extracts reprinted in this book. While at times it seems that sport is being made of the mental drift of the elderly, at other times the nursing home residents are shown to be sharp and witty, or sad and reflective. The book, which promises cheap laughs, actually delivers a variety of strong emotions, and at the same time offers a balanced portrayal of aging that doesn't shy away from its more frightening aspects.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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An entertaining book full of wit and wisdom,
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This review is from: Duplex Planet (Paperback)
'Duplex Planet' can be read all the way through or in a flip-and-read manner. It is the kind of book that makes an excellent coffee table conversation piece. You will want to share it with your friends and family; but, don't make the same mistake I did - don't give your copy away, or you'll end up, like me, having to buy another copy.
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"Shhh...It's an old man and he's talking....",
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Yeah that's a quote from Milhouse on The Simpsons...but he's right. Old folks have a lot to say and finally someone took the time to listen and write it all down. I've been a huge fan of Duplex Planet as a zine. It's nice to read a simple, Xeroxed mag with quotes from all kinds of old people who've already pretty much seen it all. But instead of dwelling on the past, you might be surprised to see that a lot of the questions they're asked regard the present: "What's your favorite monster movie?" "How can you tell someone's a genius?" "What's more important: romance or food?" The answers are always honest, blunt and sometimes truly hilarious. Check out this book, then the comics series and of course the zine. ...
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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sounds great once you've actually read it,
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preferably aloud, as a kind of modern scherezade, but ten times longer and a lot less one-sidedor maybe it should be set to music
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