Rough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost Was by Modern Humorist  (11)
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In this thin book of jokes about the American way of life-its food, people, leisure activities, etc.-the writers of Modern Humorist (John Aboud, Patrick Broderick, Michael Colton, Martha Keavney and others) use the conventions of a travel guidebook to say something about the strangeness and contradiction that is America. Unfortunately, they don't have much to report. Using pie charts, info-graphics, and bullet-points to underscore their gags, they tell us that America is violent, New York is full of Jews and Southern California is polluted. While a satirical publication such as the Onion uses a staid format to deliver jokes slyly, even subversively, the writers of Modern Humorist use the travel brochure template to place air quotes around their own material, effectively distancing themselves with a tone of faux-naivete. At its best, the humor of Modern Humorist exhibits a clever resilience; at its worst it feels patronizing.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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?All of the grandeur of America has been condensed into one breathtaking book. That book is ?Leaves of Grass? by Walt Whitman.? ?Conan O?Brien
?Modern Humorist has produced a truly funny book about America. Just imagine what they could do to a stupid country. Like Finland.? ?Mike Reiss, producer of ?The Simpsons?
?I followed this handy guide to America and ended up in a nude pig-wrestling tournament in Guadalajara. VERY SCARY. My advice: Stay home, read the book, and have a lot of laughs.? ?R.L. Stine, author of ?Goosebumps?
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In this thin book of jokes about the American way of life-its food, people, leisure activities, etc.-the writers of Modern Humorist (John Aboud, Patrick Broderick, Michael Colton, Martha Keavney and others) use the conventions of a travel guidebook to say something about the strangeness and contradiction that is America. Unfortunately, they don't have much to report. Using pie charts, info-graphics, and bullet-points to underscore their gags, they tell us that America is violent, New York is full of Jews and Southern California is polluted. While a satirical publication such as the Onion uses a staid format to deliver jokes slyly, even subversively, the writers of Modern Humorist use the travel brochure template to place air quotes around their own material, effectively distancing themselves with a tone of faux-naivete. At its best, the humor of Modern Humorist exhibits a clever resilience; at its worst it feels patronizing.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
?All of the grandeur of America has been condensed into one breathtaking book. That book is ?Leaves of Grass? by Walt Whitman.? ?Conan O?Brien
?Modern Humorist has produced a truly funny book about America. Just imagine what they could do to a stupid country. Like Finland.? ?Mike Reiss, producer of ?The Simpsons?
?I followed this handy guide to America and ended up in a nude pig-wrestling tournament in Guadalajara. VERY SCARY. My advice: Stay home, read the book, and have a lot of laughs.? ?R.L. Stine, author of ?Goosebumps?
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The upper-right portion of America is a study in contrasts: Sprawling urban hellholes interrupt huge swaths of rural backwater. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The upper-right portion of America is a study in contrasts: Sprawling urban hellholes interrupt huge swaths of rural backwater. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York City, Geo Metro, New Age, South Dakota New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on page 23
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