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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Glad I listened to this since she reads it and does funny voices and there's mood music at times. 1/2 of the time I think she's funny and the other 1/2 I don't--but when she's funny she's very funny. Anyway, this was an enlightening look into some of the pain from her childhood that all comics, of course, seem to share in common.
I feel totally OK listing Sarah Silverman as my hero. Yes, I do. I learned valuable phrases in this book, such as "vanilla Jew" (blonde Semite) and "a mouth of blood laughs" (laughing at the racist part of racist jokes instead of the parody of racism itself).
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
There are some funny parts. Definitely a book for adults only.
Sarah Silverman made me feel so much better about saying the wrong things all the time. And my obsessions with poop and farts. While some people may think she's needlessly offensive, I give her a lot of credit and I see where she's coming from. My only qualm is the choppy, disjointed feel of the text.
I listened to the audio book, ready by Silverman herself, and I highly recommend that version. I don't think I would have enjoyed just reading this myself. So, here's the thing: I really don't like some of the basic elements of Silverman's humor, which is heavy on pee and poop and fart jokes, and is incredibly vulgar and graphic. And yet, I laughed out loud many, many times while listening to this. Sarah Silverman is soooo funny. Smart and funny, which surprises given that fart jokes aren't really my idea of intellectual humor. But her riffs on political correctness and her own self-deprecating attitude are just really well done, in my view.
I tried to resist Silverman's memoir The Bedwetter. It isn't particularly remarkable writing in terms of eloquence, but it is highly engaging and appealing in spite of (or perhaps because of) the toilet humor. The short cleverly titled chapters are punctuated with sub-headed section breaks and photos and realia like diary entries, email exchanges and photos. I chuckled aloud at some of her stories and only the photo on page 209 gave me reservations.
It's not the best writing but it's crassly funny and unexpectedly endearing. As long as you're not easily offended.
Silverman's book is smart and funny with a lot more pathos than I expected, but weak on transitions and just doesn't come together as a cohesive whole.