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"Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined is a fair warning for what you will get with Drew Carey's 1997 autobiographical book. He tells his life story of growing up in working class Cleveland, Ohio as a normal "average Joe" in the 1960's. He reveals startlingly personal information about being sexually molested as a young man, before joining the Marine Corp (Yes, he is an ex-marine!). His road to Hollywood as a stand-up comic, his big break, and his television career up until 1997 are all included in the narrative.
This book is not for the easily offended as it is laced with gratuitous profanity, vulgarity, and crude sexist jokes. In fact, each chapter starts with a particularly funny if not very vulgar joke. Mr. Carey does not apologize for liking strip joints, drinking a lot with friends, hanging out in Las Vegas and acting like a big kid nor should he have to. It is his life story and no one is being forced to read his book or watch his television shows. Based on his current popularity, Mr. Carey has a lot of company in fans of beer and dirty jokes."
David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Story of entertainer?
- TV Comedy Actor
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- wild
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Book makes you feel?
- very happy
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- parody
- satire
- sarcastic/sardonic
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 26-50% of book
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