Bernie Mac on How Life Is: I Ain't Scared of You. (nonfiction reviews).Bernie Mac on How Life Is: I Ain't Scared of You Bernie Mac with Darrell Dawsey Pocket Books/MTV Network, October 2001, $23.00, ISBN 0-7434-2821-8 Following the success of last fall's The Original Kings of Comedy movie and piggybacking Gaining access to a restricted communications channel by using the session another user already established. Piggybacking can be defeated by logging out before leaving a workstation or terminal or by initiating a protected mode, such as via a screensaver, that requires re-authentication on his new UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, comedian Bernie Mac has taken his stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. material and life story, and written about it in Bernie Mac on How Life Is: I Ain't Scared of You. Here the Chicago native takes readers through a laugh-filled timeline, beginning with the first time he discovered the power of comedy at age five--something he learned from his mother--leading up to his triumphs over life's problems, to his current success as a comic and TV sitcom star. Coauthor Darrell Dawsey skillfully manages to capture the nuance of Bernie Mac's persona--in both his comic timing and unique dialect--in a memoir that reads like the comedian's trademark stand-up routine. Some of the material in the book will not be a surprise to fans of Mac, having heard his spiel spiel Informal n. A lengthy or extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. intr. & tr.v. spieled, spiel·ing, spiels To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly. on child rearing and black folks' work ethics. What is new, however, is the intimate yet funny revelations about his childhood, his marriage, and his relationships with his daughter and friends. These stories are better than the stand-up shtick shtick also schtick or shtik n. Slang 1. A characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention: , because of the honesty in which they are told. The writers spice up the timeline by including several amusing and off-color conversations between Mac and his friends and family to illustrate Bernie's perspective on life. Those readers who are unfamiliar with Bernie's style and language may find this book difficult to read. He uses profanity Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God. Vulgar, irreverent, or coarse language. The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity liberally throughout the book. And if you haven't heard him perform, you may not be able to understand his Bernie Mac-speak on the printed page. However, those who know and love Mac's brand of humor will enjoy I Ain't Scared of You. --Michelle Gipson, director of advertising, Black Issues Book Review. |
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