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The Coloring Book

A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America

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The Coloring Book

By: Colin Quinn
Narrated by: Colin Quinn
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About this listen

 From former SNL "Weekend Update" host and legendary stand-up Colin Quinn comes a controversial and laugh-out-loud investigation into cultural and ethnic stereotypes.

Colin Quinn has noticed a trend during his decades on the road-that Americans' increasing political correctness and sensitivity have forced us to tiptoe around the subjects of race and ethnicity altogether. Colin wants to know: What are we all so afraid of? Every ethnic group has differences, everyone brings something different to the table, and this diversity should be celebrated, not denied. So why has acknowledging these cultural differences become so taboo?

In The Coloring Book, Colin, a native New Yorker, tackles this issue head-on while taking us on a trip through the insane melting pot of 1970s Brooklyn, the many, many dive bars of 1980s Manhattan, the comedy scene of the 1990s, and post-9/11 America. He mixes his incredibly candid and hilarious personal experiences with no-holds-barred observations to definitively decide, at least in his own mind, which stereotypes are funny, which stereotypes are based on truths, which have become totally distorted over time, and which are actually offensive to each group, and why.

As it pokes holes in the tapestry of fear that has overtaken discussions about race, The Coloring Book serves as an antidote to our paralysis when it comes to laughing at ourselves . . . and others. Literature & Fiction Satire Social Sciences Comedy Funny Witty Celebrity New York

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I like the way that Colin presents this is a commentary on political correctness and yet he still frozen several personal anecdotes where this easily could have been his biography.

If you know and understand Colin and if you ever watch tough crowd and enjoyed it you will enjoy this.

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Would you listen to The Coloring Book again? Why?

I've already listened to it twice

What other book might you compare The Coloring Book to, and why?

Not sure its like any other book. More like 4 hours of Colin Quinn stand up.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The Last Chapter and Conclusion

Fantastic Book

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This is a very funny book and I am glad that he discussed Norton’s chin

Informative

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The author gets it wrong. I'll sum it up. Does not respect black people and is scared of Jewish power in the entertainment business. Don't waste your money. Author is an uninformed idiot and with racist views and doesn't know it

you know the type that thinks he knows ...poor

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