A hilarious blast of scathing irreverence from the award-winning actor and comedian .
“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. He does so with the extra oomph of a doctorate bestowed upon him by his alma mater Emerson College. “Sure it’s just a celebrity type of thing--they only gave it to me because I’m famous.” Leary explains. “But it’s legal and it means I get to say I’m a doctor--just like Dr. Phil.”
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 with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for Cancer and Lock ’n Load , and his platinum-selling song, “Asshole.”
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; and fans of his one-man shows, his many movies, and Rescue Me , Leary’s Golden Globe and Emmy–nominated television show. Why We Suck is the latest salvo from one of America’s most original and biting comic satirists.
If you are looking for something to listen to during your work out routines or commuting routes, this book might be a good candidate. I got the audio version and am satisfied with the extra "toppings" added by listening to the actual half coc...
评分If you are looking for something to listen to during your work out routines or commuting routes, this book might be a good candidate. I got the audio version and am satisfied with the extra "toppings" added by listening to the actual half coc...
评分If you are looking for something to listen to during your work out routines or commuting routes, this book might be a good candidate. I got the audio version and am satisfied with the extra "toppings" added by listening to the actual half coc...
评分I would thank those people who is gonna ask me to shut the fuck up and screw myself after reading this book review. I read the book this afternoon in downtown Boston, just few blocks away from the Street College-Emerson, where the writer graduated as a ba...
评分If you are looking for something to listen to during your work out routines or commuting routes, this book might be a good candidate. I got the audio version and am satisfied with the extra "toppings" added by listening to the actual half coc...
这是一本读起来感觉像是被拉入一场深刻的内心辩论的著作。它的行文节奏非常奇特,时而像一篇结构严谨的学术论文,充满了逻辑性的推导和清晰的论证链条;时而又像一首充满感情色彩的散文诗,充满了对人类境遇的深沉喟叹。最让我印象深刻的是作者对“期望与现实”之间巨大鸿沟的探讨。他没有用简单的二元对立来划分,而是展示了这种落差是如何在我们生活的每一个角落渗透和扭曲我们的感知。例如,书中对比了我们对自我实现的崇高理想,与我们在周一早上赖床、拖延任务时的真实表现之间的巨大反差,这种对比处理得极其巧妙,既不失幽默感,又饱含着一丝对人类处境的怜悯。它不是一本提供解决方案的指南,而更像是一面战略性的镜子,让你清楚地看到自己站在哪里,以及为什么会停滞不前。我发现自己时常需要停下来,不是因为内容晦涩难懂,而是因为需要时间去消化那些直击灵魂的观点,并与自己内心深处的经验进行对照和印证。这本书的阅读价值,在于它提供的思考的深度而非知识的广度。
评分读完这本书后,我的心情非常复杂,充满了那种“原来不止我一个人这样”的共鸣感,但同时又被一种清醒的现实感所笼罩。作者的语言风格就像是冷水澡,初次接触时会让人激灵一下,但过后全身的毛孔都会舒张开来,感觉格外清爽。书中对“不完美”的阐释,颠覆了我过去对很多概念的理解。它没有试图将“缺陷”美化成一种独特的闪光点,而是非常务实地指出,这些缺陷是我们存在结构的一部分,是我们无法完全摆脱的底色。书中举了大量的历史人物和当代案例作为佐证,这些佐证并非为了批判,而是为了展示这种普遍性。特别是作者在论述“集体性短视行为”的部分,那种冷静的、近乎生物学观察的描述方式,让我对日常的新闻事件和群体决策有了全新的理解。这本书的叙事线索是流动的,它不像传统非虚构作品那样有明确的章节主题划分,更多的是一种意识流式的推进,要求读者全身心地投入到作者的思维脉络之中。对于那些习惯于快餐式阅读的人来说,这本书可能需要更多的耐心,但回报是巨大的。
评分这是一部充满了锐利洞察力和毫不妥协的批判精神的作品。它的语言充满了节奏感,句子长短不一,偶尔会用一句极短的、像是判决书一样的断言来总结前文冗长的铺垫,这种对比效果极具冲击力。我发现自己一边读,一边在脑海中与作者进行激烈的思想碰撞。这本书最深刻的影响在于它重塑了“进步”这个概念在我心中的定义。作者质疑了那种线性的、永无止境的自我提升的社会叙事,转而探讨在已知的人类局限下,如何更真实地安顿自我。书中对于“意义的生产”这一主题的探讨尤为精彩,它揭示了我们为了避免直面空虚,是如何不自觉地为自己编织出各种看似崇高的、实则脆弱的意义体系。读这本书,感觉就像是走进一个精心布置的迷宫,作者是那个引路人,他并不承诺给你出口,但他确保你会看到迷宫的每一个角落,包括那些设计得极其巧妙的死胡同。对于那些厌倦了浮夸和肤浅表达的读者来说,这本书提供了一种久违的、思想上的纯粹体验。
评分这本书的独特之处在于,它成功地避开了所有陈词滥调的安慰剂式的说教。它没有试图去“治愈”你的不足,也没有鼓励你去“战胜”你的弱点,而是引导你去理解“为什么”你会有这些看似无法解决的困境。作者的语气非常克制,几乎没有使用任何煽情或夸张的辞藻,全篇洋溢着一种知识分子特有的、略带疏离感的观察视角。我特别欣赏作者对复杂性层次的描绘,他并不满足于停留在表面的“懒惰”或“自私”,而是层层深入,挖掘到文化、进化心理学乃至社会结构对个体行为的制约。比如,书中有一段分析现代社会中信息过载如何钝化了我们的道德感和行动力,其逻辑推演之严密,让我不得不重新审视自己每天接收和处理信息的方式。这本书的阅读体验,与其说是在“读”一本书,不如说是在进行一场高强度的智力攀登,你需要不断地跟上作者的步伐,去辨析那些微妙的、常常被我们忽略的因果关系。它对读者的智力要求较高,但绝对值得为之付出努力。
评分这本书真是让人眼前一亮,完全超出了我的预期。从翻开第一页开始,我就被作者那种毫不留情的坦诚所吸引。它没有故作高深地探讨那些宏大的哲学命题,反而像是与一位非常聪慧、略带尖刻的朋友进行了一场酣畅淋漓的对话。作者的笔触极其细腻,尤其是在描绘日常生活中那些微不足道的、却又极其真实的“失败瞬间”时,简直入木三分。比如,书中有一段描述了现代人在面对“完美生活”的社交媒体展示时,那种内心深处的自我怀疑和焦虑,分析得入骨三分,让我忍不住拍案叫绝。我感觉自己像是在照一面棱镜,清晰地看到了自己那些不愿承认的弱点和矛盾之处,但奇怪的是,这种暴露并没有带来沮丧,反而有一种被理解的释然。它不是那种空洞地安慰你“你已经很好了”的鸡汤文学,而是直面问题,用一种近乎解剖学的精确度,剖析了我们作为一个物种,在面对自身局限性时的种种滑稽与悲哀。这种诚实的叙事方式,需要极大的勇气,也需要作者拥有洞察人性的深刻智慧。整体阅读体验是震撼且发人深省的,它迫使你停下来,审视自己的行为模式,而不是一味地向前狂奔。
评分the narrator is awesome.
评分the narrator is awesome.
评分很多大实话,所以难免不PC。有关妇女儿童的章节有些太刻薄了。心情不太好的时候不要看这种书,太负面
评分the narrator is awesome.
评分很多大实话,所以难免不PC。有关妇女儿童的章节有些太刻薄了。心情不太好的时候不要看这种书,太负面
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