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Author: Chris Rock Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 9780786885602 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 0
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The National Bestseller--now in trade paperback! "Rock This! ought to be required reading for American citizenship or high school graduation." --Entertainment Weekly From today's hottest stand-up comic--heir to Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy and known for his Emmy Award-winning HBO Specials and The Chris Rock Show--comes this edgy, no-holds-barred humor book about race, relationships, and politics. "Everyone wants a piece of the Rock." --USA Today "Rock doesn't just make you laugh; he makes you think." --Vibe "Unlike so many comedians' books, this one isn't a wispy flight through the land of whimsy. It's closer to a hip sociology primer, with direct hits on such subjects as the difference between white skin magazines and black ones." --Vanity Fair "Chris Rock is probably the funniest and smartest comedian working today." --Caryn James, The New York Times
Author: Chris Rock Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 9780786885602 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The National Bestseller--now in trade paperback! "Rock This! ought to be required reading for American citizenship or high school graduation." --Entertainment Weekly From today's hottest stand-up comic--heir to Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy and known for his Emmy Award-winning HBO Specials and The Chris Rock Show--comes this edgy, no-holds-barred humor book about race, relationships, and politics. "Everyone wants a piece of the Rock." --USA Today "Rock doesn't just make you laugh; he makes you think." --Vibe "Unlike so many comedians' books, this one isn't a wispy flight through the land of whimsy. It's closer to a hip sociology primer, with direct hits on such subjects as the difference between white skin magazines and black ones." --Vanity Fair "Chris Rock is probably the funniest and smartest comedian working today." --Caryn James, The New York Times
Author: Marty Gitlin Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 0766058522 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 106
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When Chris Rock steps on stage, he destroys the targets of his jokes. When he finishes his performance, the audience needs time to catch its breath. The laughter never stops. Chris Rock pulls no punches. He is brutally honest and no subject, politics, racism, pop culture, is safe from his humor. From humble beginnings in New York City to his superstar career as a stand-up comedian and actor, author Marty Gitlin unleashes the story of comic genius Chris Rock.
Author: Chris Rock Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 9780786862894 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 228
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Pegged as the new Eddie Murphy, the new Richard Pryor--even the new Lenny Bruce--Chris Rock is one of the smartest, funniest, and most widely appealing comedians today. With "an appeal that crosses racial boundaries" (Entertainment Weekly), Chris Rock's book "crawls into the minds of the lazy, women, blacks, and whites, uncovering driving forces that are all too real in modern society" (Variety).
Author: Philip Wolny Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 197850344X Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 130
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The greatest entertainers of our time often combine talent, instincts, hard work, and perseverance. Chris Rock has drawn on all four to become one of the most revered, respected, and consistently successful comedians of the last two decades. This book explores his roots, highs and lows, and recent work, including his milestones in stand-up, television, and film, and his maturation as a directorial talent. Vivid imagery, memorable quotes, a career timeline, and more round out this fascinating narrative of striving for success and maintaining creative integrity, making it a compelling biography for comedy fans and casual readers alike.
Author: Terrence T. Tucker Publisher: University Press of Florida ISBN: 0813065607 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 405
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"An important and timely expansion of American racial discourse. Tucker’s demonstration of how the comic is not (just) funny and how rage is not (just) destructive is a welcome reminder that willful injustice merits irreverent scorn. "—Derek C. Maus, coeditor of Post-Soul Satire: Black Identity after Civil Rights "Adroitly explores how comic rage is a skillfully crafted, multifaceted critique of white supremacy and a soaring articulation of African American humanity and possibility. Sparkling and highly readable scholarship."—Keith Gilyard, author of John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism A combustible mix of fury and radicalism, pathos and pain, wit and love—Terrence Tucker calls it "comic rage," and he shows how it has been used by African American artists to aggressively critique America’s racial divide. In Furiously Funny, Tucker finds that comic rage developed from black oral tradition and first shows up in literature by George Schuyler and Ralph Ellison shortly after World War II. He examines its role in novels and plays, following the growth of the expression into comics and stand-up comedy and film, where Richard Pryor, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, and Chris Rock have all used the technique. Their work, Tucker argues, shares a comic vision that centralizes the African American experience and realigns racial discourse through an unequivocal frustration at white perceptions of blackness. They perpetuate images of black culture that run the risk of confirming stereotypes as a means to ridicule whites for allowing those destructive depictions to reinforce racist hierarchies. At the center of comic rage, then, is a full-throated embrace of African American folk life and cultural traditions that have emerged in defiance of white hegemony’s attempts to devalue, exploit, or distort those traditions. The simultaneous expression of comedy and militancy enables artists to reject the mainstream perspective by confronting white audiences with America’s legacy of racial oppression. Tucker shows how this important art form continues to expand in new ways in the twenty-first century and how it acts as a form of resistance where audiences can engage in subjects that are otherwise taboo.
Author: Philip Wolny Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1978504020 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
The greatest entertainers of our time often combine talent, instincts, hard work, and perseverance. Chris Rock has drawn on all four to become one of the most revered, respected, and consistently successful comedians of the last two decades. This book explores his roots, highs and lows, and recent work, including his milestones in stand-up, television, and film, and his maturation as a directorial talent. Vivid imagery, memorable quotes, a career timeline, and more round out this fascinating narrative of striving for success and maintaining creative integrity, making it a compelling biography for comedy fans and casual readers alike.
Author: Jeanne Nagle Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1499462638 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 112
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In the 1990s, comedy was changed forever as a young funnyman known as Chris Rock caught the eye of comedy veteran Eddie Murphy. Readers will learn how Rock rocked his way to fame with stand-up comedy routines including witty and matter-of-fact discussions of hot-button subjects such as race relations and politics. This detailed book covers the many facets of Rock’s career, including his work as a writer, actor, producer, and more. Readers will enjoy this overview of Rock’s life, including a discussion of his stand-up methodology.
Author: Gilad James, PhD Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School ISBN: 3426050544 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 61
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Chris Rock is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He was born on February 7, 1965, in Andrews, South Carolina. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended James Madison High School before dropping out and pursuing a career in comedy. Rock first gained widespread recognition in the early 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He went on to star in several successful comedy specials for HBO, such as Bring the Pain and Bigger & Blacker. He has also acted in a number of films, including Dogma, Madagascar, and Grown Ups. Rock is known for his irreverent humor, which often addresses race, politics, and relationships. His awards include four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and several NAACP Image Awards.
Author: Stephen Feinstein Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 9780766028944 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 28
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"Elementary biography of comedian Chris Rock discussing his childhood, early career, and his rise as one of America's most famous comedians"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Chris Rock
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Author: Marty Gitlin
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Author: Philip Wolny
Author: Terrence T. Tucker
Author: Anne M. Todd
Author: Philip Wolny
Author: Jeanne Nagle
Author: Gilad James, PhD
Author: Stephen Feinstein