Why we suck : a feel good guide to staying fat, loud, lazy and stupid / Denis Leary.
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TextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2008.Description: xvi, 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0670031607
- 9780670031603
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 817.6 L438 | Available | 33111005748534 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A pissed off Leary is the best Leary," says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Dr Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin - basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously.In Why We Suck, Leary's famously smart style and sardonic wit have found their fullest and fiercest expression yet. Zeroing in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it, Leary unravels his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics.Proudly Irish American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are penetrating social commentary with no holds barred. Leary's book will find wide appeal among people who want to laugh out loud or find a guide who matches their view of what's wrong in America and the world-at-large.
Doctor's note -- A second note from the doctor -- Why everyone hates us -- Your kids are not cute -- Please drug your children -- I had sex with Kathie Lee Gifford (and she was amazing) -- Bullies R Us -- Autism shmautism -- Famous dead kids -- Nuns, tits, booze and my mom -- Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome In Utero -- Self-esteem this -- Matt Dillon is a giant fag -- Your cat sucks fish heads in hell -- Grande vente mocha Oprah chai -- Does this bomb make my ass look fat? -- Testicle-colored towels -- This is your brain on semen -- We'd hate you even if you weren't black -- The pope is a pimp -- The asshole olympics -- Someone please tell my mom that cell phones cause cancer.
The four-time Emmy-nominated comic satirist of Rescue Me presents irreverent cultural observations about how society is taking itself too seriously, in an account that shares anecdotes from his Irish-Catholic upbringing, high-pressure family life, and work as a performing artist.