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Snark: It's Mean, it's Personal, and it's Ruining Our Conversation Library Edition
(Audio, 2009)
Author: David Denby
David Denby, longtime film critic for The New Yorker, has taken it upon himself to compose a manifes...
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Format: Audio
ISBN-10: 1400141605
ISBN-13: 9781400141609
Feb 2009
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Unabridged
Language: English |
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Synopsis
David Denby, longtime film critic for The New Yorker, has taken it upon himself to compose a manifesto against "snark," which he vaguely defines as quick, critical humor that foregoes effective analysis of the subject. Denby charts the evolution of snark, from ancient Rome to Lewis Carroll to Spy magazine, culminating in entertainment websites such as Gawker and TMZ. He laments the declining intelligence (and importance) of criticism that has accompanied snark's rise in pop culture, and calls for a return to wit and civil discourse as a means for relevant discussion.
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 3.7 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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