Rock This! - Hardcover

Chris Rock

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078819075X ISBN 13: 9780788190759

Publisher: Hyperion, 1997

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Honesty is not only the best policy; it's also great comedy. And nobody dishes it out like Chris Rock, who grew up in Brooklyn, has performed stand-up comedy, has appeared in films & starred in TV shows, & has had award-winning HBO specials & his own show. Here he unleashes his comedic talents & confronts all the hot-button issues: finding a black leader, slavery vs. the Holocaust, drugs, welfare, taxes, family life, the most racist people in the world, men's magazines, beautiful women, how to get a rich man, marriage, saying no to sex, Bill Clinton, sexual harassment, O.J., & much more. A controversial book that is outrageously funny.

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Review:

Rock This reads like a collection of Chris Rock's routines, and that's the book's only flaw. A little more of Rock himself would be nice--maybe something that's a cross between an autobiography and Rock's routine transcribed for print. That said, Rock This is a very funny book. The young comedian speaks his mind about a variety of topics: race, sex, drugs, O. J. Simpson, and relationships between men and women. Occasionally profane and wrong-headed, most of the time Rock's wry observations--his assessments of the Reverend Al Sharpton and the Reverend Jesse Jackson are dead-on--make you nod your head in acknowledgment of their truth, even as you shake with laughter.

About the Author:

Chris Rock has been a veteran of performing stand-up comedy for more than twelve years. Since his television debut on Saturday Night Live, Chris Rock has gone on to make his feature film debut in Beverly Hills Cop II and has stared in such films as Lethal Weapon 4, Dogma, CB4, and New Jack City. In addition, he was the host of THE 1999 MTV MUSIC AWARDS.

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