the Seahawk | LIFESTYLES I October 28, 2004
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Stewart strikes again with
'America: The Book'
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“America: The Book.”
Please note: in order
to fully utilize this book,
it will require reading.
This could potentially
be a pretty large hur-
die, but once it’s over
come, everything else is
gravy; this book sucks
you right in.
On the surface, it
looks like an elemen
tary school social stud
ies textbook. In fact, it’s
set up like that through
out the entire book.
However, as you start
reading, you realize that
this is a little different
from the lessons you got
in fifth grade.
Anybody who has
seen “The Daily Show”
can probably guess the
kind of humor that’s
scattered throughout
the book. It’s immature,
sophomoric, and extra
heavy on the sarcasm.
It’s also one of the great
est examples of satire to
come along in a,long,
long time.
If you are trying to
brush up on American
history and how things
Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" gets another feather in go down in D.C., this
his cap with the "America: The Book." The book portrays may not be the book
American history with his show's satirical comic style. for you. There s far too
much embellished (read:
fake) information in here to offer a totally
accurate look at our political system. There s
a foreword by Thomas Jefferson, for God s
sake. (Note: Thomas Jefferson, our nation’s
third president, died in 1829, just in case you
guys didn’t get that one.)
This isn’t the kind of book that you read
from fi-ont to back. This is the kind of book
that is best enjoyed when you have a few
minutes to kill and are conveniently sitting
within reach of it; read for a while, laugh, flip
a few pages, read, laugh some more and so on.
Believe me, 1 know from experience. I didn’t
read the whole thing, either.
For those still undecided about the book,
I will leave you with a quote of praise from
Ayn Rand, author of “Anthem” and “The
Fountainhead:” “This is similar to my works
in that anyone who reads it is sure to be an
asshole for at least a month afterward.”
(That was a joke. Ayn Rand is dead, too.)
Brad Holland
assistant Lifestyles Editor
Nowadays, it seems that everywhere you
look, there’s Jon Stewart poking fun at
the way things are in our country. From
the presidential candidates to the American
media, nobody is safe from his biting, yet
oh-so-witty commentary.
Each night, over one million people tune
in to the Stewart hosted “The Daily Show,”
which runs at least three times every day
on cable network Comedy Central. The
show, which won a Peabody award for their
2000 election coverage and two Emmys last
year, is quickly becoming one of the most
popular outlets for world news and informa
tion for young people in America, despite
the fact that it is an entertainment-oriented
program.
Well, chalk another one up to “The Daily
Show” powerhouse, because now there’s
from HOW SOON IS NEVER page 10
problems reveals itself through a wild-hearted
female associate named Miki and a brilliant
plan. Miki and Joe will bring their favorite
childhood band back together; Miki and Joe
will reunite The Smiths.
How Soon Is Never? is a brilliant explora
tion of what it means to be floundering in a
world of your own making. Joe Green is a
fabulously flawed, inherently unlikable char
acter that the reader can’t help but support in
the end. By reuniting a group that initially
broke his heart and sent him in downward
spiral with their disbanding, Green believes
he can find that piece of himself that was
lost long ago. It is a sentiment that many feel
as they enter a stage in their life where they
watch their youth disappearing. Reuniting
The Smiths will save Joe Green’s, and your,
eternal soul.
Spitz, co-author of We Got the Neutron
Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, finds
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He crafts Joe Green into a representation of
all of those who find themselves in a piece
of music or a favorite artist. He portrays nos
talgia as something to be feared instead of
embraced, and the passing of youth as a right
of passage. In the end, it is irrelevant if Joe and
Miki can find Mprrissey, elusive front man of
The Smiths, because what they really find are
themselves.
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