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1: Forty essays (193 pages) plus and old play script (37 pages)
Some of the essays are funny but too many not so much. If there is a central idea in all these diverse essays, it is that the fear of death is the root of religion and humor. But too many of the essays seem to stand alone disconnected. For example, the extremely short essay on Islam was the perfect place where Lewis Black could have elaborated in a humorous way, of course, on the complex interplay of fear of death and humor (or the lack of it in this instance) and religion. But no such effort is made to pull this "book" together into a more cohesive whole.
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2: Don't waste my time
To be fair, I didn't read the whole book. Did it ever get funny? This is what I image happens when you mix too many chemicals and a typewriter. The first couple of chapters were just a waste of time and I moved on to better things. This guy does not belong in the company of the great Stewart and Colbert. Infantile.
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3: He does it again
Lewis Black does it again. He may step on a few(?) toes but he tells it like it is, something our goverment has a problem doing.
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4: hysterical!!!
Totally hysterical. I love it.
I'd marry Lewis Black if I could meet him.
I'd live an extra 20 years just from the benefits of his humor.
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5: Me of Little Faith
Lewis Black has a self described "potty mouth" and he uses it in this audio book. I'm not offended by the religious humor - that is what I expected but I think I would have enjoyed the reading more if someone else had performed it or if he had skipped the worst of the profanity. I've not heard anything by him before so I didn't know what to expect except when I'd seen on Larry King. I must say that I laughed a lot at his description of many TV Evangelists! And he did have one religion he liked - you have to listen to find out which one.
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