I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me - Softcover

Rivers, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991064011 ISBN 13: 9780991064014

Publisher: Yogman Media, The

Synopsis

‘패션 폴리스’의 진행자로 유명한 미국 스탠드업 코미디언 조운 리버스가 불평불만 보따리를 펼친다. 2012년 6월 책 출간 당시 지위고하, 인종을 가리지 않는 현란한 혐오 발언으로 화제가 되며 6주간 뉴욕 타임스 베스트셀러에 올랐다. 미국 할리우드 코스트코 매장에서는 인신공격을 문제 삼아 판금조치를 내리기도 했다. 한 방송에서는 ‘보톡스 여사의 욕하고 힐링’이 ‘그레이의 50가지 그림자’보다 선정적이라며 함부로 선물하지 말 것을 당부했다.

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About the Author

조운 리버스 (Joan Rivers)는 1933년생으로 현재 81세이며 미국의 스탠드업 코미디언이다. 케이블 방송에서 ‘패션 폴리스’와 자신의 이름을 내건 리얼리티 쇼를 진행하고 있다. 1992년에는 토크쇼 진행자 부문에서 에미상을 수상했다. 탄력적인 얼굴 피부를 자랑하는 그녀는 성형수술을 739회나 했다는 도시괴담으로 유명하다.

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Love may be a many-splendored thing, but hate makes the world go round. If you think I’m kidding, just watch the six o’clock news. The first twenty-nine minutes are all about dictators and murderers and terrorists and maniacs and, worst of all, real housewives. And then, at the very end of the show, there’s a thirty second human-interest story about some schmuck who married his cat. I rest my case.

Some things I’ve hated forever, some are new acquisitions, and some are just passing fancies. Today I hate happy TV weathermen, feminists who believe Gloria Steinem’s great looks hurt her, Gloria Steinem herself, people who mispronounce the word ask, studio apartments, guidance counselors, first ladies, old people. So if any of this offends you, or you happen to love puppies and kittens and the infirm . . . well . . . I’m impressed. I hate you, but I’m impressed . . .

I know what you’re thinking: “Joan, hate is a very strong word.” You’re right, it is, but I use it as an umbrella term, the way mental-health professionals use the word schizophrenia as a catchall for any particular brand of crazy they can’t identify. So when I say hate, I don’t necessarily mean hate. I could also mean loathe, detest, abhor, dislike, despise or resent. See, isn’t that kinder and gentler? If you think this makes you a better person than I am, good. You’re the idiot that actually paid for this book.

For those of you thinking, Geez, Joan seems a little angry, you’re half right. I am angry. I’m also fed up. I’m fed up with the morons and losers and cretins who are cluttering up the planet. Emma Lazarus wrote, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” I didn’t know she meant on my block. But being fed up and angry is better than being depressed. Psychologists tell us that depression is just anger turned inward, but I say, why waste your time? It is what it is and quite frankly I’d rather be angry than depressed. Why? Because antidepressants like Prozac, Wellbutrin and Zoloft can cause bloating—and I hate bloating!!! (I need to go back and add bloating to the list of things I hate. Is there anything worse than not being able to fit into a size two Valentino? I think not. Talk about depressing.)

Edition details

• Publisher: Yogman Media, The
• ISBN 10: 0991064011
• ISBN 13: 9780991064014
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Korean