Saturday, March 15, 2014

SEX! Now that I have your attention...

Why are you reading this and not watching True Detective 


 

So I'm half way through IAAASCY, and I am loving it so far. Colbert manages to translate the humor from his show into this book incredibly well. In fact, he also doe a good job of adding humor to the relevant  publishing format (with things such as stickers, and "fun zone" games such as "Help the old man find his happiness"). It is practically impossible to get through a single page without laughing. 


Stephen does an excellent job of satirizing many aspects of extreme Republicans. He manages to be extremely on point, satirizing their uncomfortable with non standard families,  ("quote") to their over reliance on the bible ("Let me read another passage from the bible: "So if your eye--even your good eye--causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. " I feel better already."  (103)). His satire is usually very on point, and, of course, hilarious

What is great about this book is Stephen's craft. He is a master at delivering these sorts of jokes. They pop up at the most unexpected times, and are still hilarious. 

Overall, I'm sad that this book is only 200 pages long, as that means that I'm already halfway done. This book is incredibly funny, and I recommend it to anyone.


1 comment:

  1. Hi John,
    Thanks for an option. I've been wanting to read a humorous book for one of the reads, but I have not decided what I would like to read. This sounds interesting enough for me to pick up. As for you blog, I love your style of writing. I really makes me feel like I am actually having an intellectual conversation with you, with hints of satire poking through. Keep up the good work!

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