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The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
by Sarah Silverman
You can probably figure out how much driving I'm doing by the pace of my comedian-audiobooks. I generally liked this one. I think Sarah Silverman is funny even though I'm not really into the shock humor aspect of it. I think she's interesting even when she makes weird-to-me choices. One of her earliest memories is her dad deciding to teach to her swear (on purpose, not just letting swears slip accidentally) then when her grandma offers her some brownies, tiny Sarah says "shove it up your ass." This made me laugh a lot when listening to it, even though it's pretty dumb!
She also has a pretty thoughtful take on racial humor. There are a lot of conservatives who are still racist but recognize they can't be overtly racist anymore. Republicans generally are worried about "immigration" but wouldn't get caught saying "spics." So when Sarah is writing a joke with a shock punchline, she might say "spics." Actual racists are careful to use dogwhistles, and comedians are making meta jokes with slurs.
I think this book would be interesting to people who like standup comedy as a genre. I would recommend that you're familiar with her humor before diving in blindly. There are a lot of dick jokes, and a lot of gross jokes. Although that's not everything - she writes her own foreword in the third person, it's such a weird, funny way to start.
She also has a pretty thoughtful take on racial humor. There are a lot of conservatives who are still racist but recognize they can't be overtly racist anymore. Republicans generally are worried about "immigration" but wouldn't get caught saying "spics." So when Sarah is writing a joke with a shock punchline, she might say "spics." Actual racists are careful to use dogwhistles, and comedians are making meta jokes with slurs.
I think this book would be interesting to people who like standup comedy as a genre. I would recommend that you're familiar with her humor before diving in blindly. There are a lot of dick jokes, and a lot of gross jokes. Although that's not everything - she writes her own foreword in the third person, it's such a weird, funny way to start.