My Reading Experiment (Book #7 ) - The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Target:    100 books
Current:      7 books

You know my pattern. Something heavy, something light, heavy again, and back to light. I'd only ever heard of Sarah Silverman in passing. I knew she did stand-up, and that she was on some show. When I started this book, I figured it would be something along the lines of Tina Fey's Bossy Pants. It was, AND IT WASN'T!!

#7

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
- Sarah Silverman

Enjoyed it, Non-fiction, Autobiography, Hilarious, Sarcastic, Self deprecating humour, Nonreligious Jewishness

Be Warned! This book is not for those who shake their heads disapprovingly at crass and seemingly politically incorrect humour. If you've ever watched an episode of South Park, and went on to watch another, then I believe you're okay to take the plunge.

Oh boy! Where do I start? It takes a certain kind of person to talk so effortlessly, and in such a comical manner, about some of the things that Sarah Silverman talks about - bed wetting, depression, sex, and hairiness. She spares no one - not herself, not her family, not God.

She makes it seem like it is okay for me to laugh at a little girl's horror at having realized that she has peed her pajamas at her friend's sleepover. We are treated/subjected to lots of little snippets from her life - going to summer camp as a kid, handing out flyers for comedy shows as a student, hanging out with her favourite homeless guy, riding elevators naked, and collaborating with the other funnies at SNL and at the Sarah Silverman Program. We get to listen to her side of the argument regarding some of her more famous controversies. And through it all, there it is - that humour - loud, course, in-your-face, and completely unapologetic.

Sarah, on Judaism -
"As religions go, I do think Judaism is one of the better ones. Jews don't ring my doorbell and shove pamphlets in my face. They aren't pushy. Let me clarify: Jews aren't pushy about their religion. That is what Jews are not pushy about. Their religion."

God, on the human race -
"The entire human race is determined to let itself die out anyway--and in such a weird way. You'll never see cancer cells on the Internet smearing their genetic codes all over each others' cellular membranes. Cancer has a modicum of self-respect."


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