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Synopsis
A New Yorker film critic and author of American Sucker evaluates the cultural consequences of snide and sarcastic language that has become pervasive in today's political, entertainment, and other public arenas, in an assessment that cites the importance of developing true wit instead of insult-based forms of communication.
| Size | | Length: | 128 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"This is a thoroughly absorbing look at the use and abuse of humor in commentary."
(01/01/2009)
"Denby feels...that the impulses to giggle, grin and cackle...can be, and ought to be, consciously aligned with civic virtues and literary standards, lest our society laugh for no just cause, at jokes that aren't witty enough to laugh at and that may even be plain stupid or malicious."
(02/22/2009)
"SNARK is an aggressively humorous anatomy of current invective, 'low, teasing, snide, condescending, knowing,' which Denby finds, especially thanks to the Internet, all too much in evidence."
(02/22/2009)
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