"The
man who laughs has simply not yet heard the terrible
news," wrote Bertolt Brecht. An odd observation,
perhaps, from the man who wrote the book to the
ferociously funny musical, The Threepenny Opera. One of
the main functions of humor, after all,is to help us deal
with the stuff we all go through, whether it be bruising,
banal, embarrassing, peculiar, or, yes, terrible. You will
find specimens of all categories within..."
Anthony Haden-Guest (from the introduction)
"Probably because he
is so witty, Anthony Haden-Guest has been under-estimated
as a visual artist."
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, artists (from the back cover)
"Boring, pompous, and
a complete and utter waste of time. I don’t know what my
brother was thinking."
Christopher Guest, Anthony Haden-Guest's half-brother (from
the back cover)
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