Review | Does it work? - Jerry Seinfeld

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It is guaranteed that someone reading this title will make a joke. Certainly Jerry Seinfeld he must have thought of this when he put the title of his book, which tells his entire trajectory from stage to television and back to stage. But there's also another reason: Is it any good? is the question every comedian asks before showing his new material to the public.

This is something a lot of people should do! Yes, because Jerry Seinfeld's work is not just an accumulation of jokes that worked out that he placed among the little more than 450 pages of his book released here in Brazil by the publisher Intrinsic.

Is this any good? was the way the author found to show his entire trajectory from his first appearance on the Tonight Show in the 1970s until the 2010s. Seinfeld divides the book in precisely this way, for decades, which helps the reader to understand not only the what happened in the comedian's life, but also the entire society of the time.

It is interesting that the narrative of Is this any good? follows the format of a personal diary, where he puts titles like Count on me, Star Trek, Batman, among others, and makes comments about having gone to check it out and whether it was good or not, in addition to certain events of that day or moment.

Another interesting aspect is the way he shows in words how critical comedy is. When watching one of his shows, the viewer will laugh at the way he tells a certain story or criticism. But when reading, it has a much stronger and more personal connotation than people can imagine. One such example is from the chapter of The Years 2010, when he comments: “All men put everything into two categories: either it's my problem, or it's not my problem. (…) We have two boxes. And on them is written: Problem. It's not a problem.”

Is this any good? it is certainly a biographical book, which serves for fans to know more about Seinfeld, as well as for people who just like the art of telling jokes and - mainly - for those who should ask themselves before delivering something or saying something: "Is this any good?"

Jerry Seinfeld's book and work definitely do.

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review-will-that-do-jerry-seinfeldDoes it work? is a book that is certainly biographical, which serves for fans to know more about Seinfeld, as well as people who just like the art of telling jokes and - mainly - for those who should ask themselves before delivering something or saying something: "Is this any good?"

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