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Summary: Elitist yet entertaining
Review: Joe Queenan is an obvious snob, but his book portrays him as a loveable snob. He obviously has an elitist view about most of his subjects, but when he deals with Branson, MO, I can't help but laugh. Having heard from people who have been there, Queenan hits it on the mark -- washed-up acts play to the blue-haired crowd and perform their "hits" up front, fearful that that the majority of the audience might be dead before the second act!!! Queenan is also on the mark regarding "Cats" on Broadway. I have spent a long time wondering WHY people would pay to see this show and now, thanks to Queenan, I know -- it's the publicity!!! You're an out-of-towner and have no idea what you're doing in the Big Apple so you go see "Cats." When all is said and done "Cats" will be the longest-running show on Broadway, but it won't have nearly the impact "A Chorus Line" had because it doesn't have the HEART of that show.
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Summary: A major disappointment.
Review: Joe Queenan, a truly funny man (be it in print or ranting to Imas about Barbara Streisand,etc.), has attenpted to clone "If You're Talking To Me Your Career Must Be In Trouble." That previous endeaver was fast paced, outrageous, and a true "one nighter." This, on the other hand is a reach.. with each bash an attempt at one-upping himself in his assessment of his previous target. With laughs few and far between, getting through a chapter a night is a chore.Maybe for a comedy fix I'll just reread "Brain Droppings."
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Summary: Complete waste of time
Review: Heard Queenan for the first time on NPR and he made me laugh. I couldn't find the same person in the book! Repetitive and boring.
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Summary: A smashing indictment of our most beloved pop cultures.
Review: Queenan's "Red Lobster ..." is unique because of the manner with which he quantifies trash. Just when I'd begun to think I was OK, he speared one of my sacred bovines.No longer is it acceptable to just be bad -- Joe teaches us that we must really work at it. He deserves a case of Boone's Farm and the collected recordings of Zamfir for this literate, engrossing exploration into the depths of our dumbed-down existance.
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Summary: Funniest book I've read in years.
Review: Absolutely side-splitting. Couldn't put it down. Amazingly funny. Joe Queenan is insightful and delightful. This is perhaps the best look at tacky America ever published. Congratulations to J.Q. You've made my week.
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Summary: A must-read for white trash America-and this means YOU!
Review: Sorry, but most of America won't "get" the humor of this dead-on review of the best of the worst of America. It's that America that thinks "The Olive Garden" is a culinary experience (ALL YOU CAN EAT!)that Billy Joel ever wrote anything other than a hackneyed song (I'm a schlub from Long Island but I think I'm Elvis!) that "actors" like Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz and Chris O'Donnell can act and that Jewel and Sheryl Crow and can sing. It a nasty stab at the heart of what makes us "ugly Americans" and it's hilarious!
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Summary: Waste of time and paper
Review: Joe Queenan tries so hard to be "cute"...too hard. This is the raving of an author who seems to hate everything particularly American..I found myself asking the question, so, Joe, why not try living somewhere else? This is a pseudo-intellectuals vain attempt at humor, and it is destined to end up on the bargain table at 3.98.. Still too expensive.....a complete bore from a complete bore
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Summary: Side-splittingly funny
Review: I have met the man of my dreams, and his name is Joe Queenan. Nasty, mean-spirited, and dead-on accurate, this skewering of the worst of American trash culture shows what a finely-honed pen can do. The high point is Queenan's well-deserved blasting of the V.C. Andrews oeuvre. While the book falls apart a bit in the second half, the first half will have your neighbors calling the cops to have you hauled away for making too much noise laughing.
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Summary: I thought that it was a hoot.
Review: Yeah, so it's easy to bash the likes of Kenny G, Red Lobster, and Joan Collins, it was still a fun book, and generally Queenan was right on target. Pretty uppity though for a guy who writes for TV Guide.
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Summary: Goes for the easy targets
Review: Joe Queenan's latest title is a disappointment. I expected insightful and humorous commentary, (even if I did know in advance that Queenan was attacking obvious targets such as _Cats_, _The Celestine Prophesy_ , _The Bridges of Madison County_, and, yes, Red Lobster restaurants). The cultural criticism in this book never rises above the level of "it sucks." Oddly, the only even mildly amusing display of wit in the book is in the index's off-the-wall entries.
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