The Big Picture: An American Commentary

By A. Whitney Brown

Book Overview

The Big Picture: An American Commentary This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060968257
• ISBN13: 9780060968250
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 5.4" x 0.6"

Customer Reviews

An underappreciated wit!

I loved A. Whitney Brown during his time on Saturday Night Live, and "The Big Picture" delivers the same wit, insight, comedic timing and irrascableness that only Brown can dish out. If you like smart commentary on important political issues, this is the book to have - you'll laugh AND you'll think.

Absolutely brilliant!

I don't think people take satire seriously enough. In Europe, satire used to be something reserved for the truly luminary authors/minds. Because it dwells in the less dignified realm of comedy, I think it's poorly understood by the average person just how much intelligence is required to do satire well. A Whitney Brown has to be one of the most brilliant minds in modern times. Not only does he parody politics (which maybe some people wouldn't relate to), but modern mores and values as well. Sadly, I often find that I AM the very person he is poking fun at. However, then I realize that it's really all of us, or the human condition in general, and the pathetic, contemporary ways that we respond to age-old problems, that he is ridiculing. I really wish we would hear more from him, especially in times like these! I believe he is or was on AirAmerica. I wish he would find his way into mainstream media again. This country can't afford to keep its great minds in obscurity. Write another book! America needs you!

Great

Good stuff. Buy it or I'll shank you! (Though I may be a bit biased, being family and all...Oh well.)

Still as funny today as it was in the early '90s

If you think A. Whitney Brown is funny on the Daily Show, you're in for a treat in this volume from his SNL days. Wry, insightful commentary from Brown's funnier years.