Yeah, I Said It.Yeah, I Said It by Wanda Sykes Atria Atria The heart has four chambers. The right and left atria are at the top of the heart and receive returning blood from the veins. The right and left ventricles are at the bottom of the heart and act as the body's main pumps. Books, September 2004 $23, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-743-48269-7 Wanda Sykes has something to say, and she's says it in her on inimitable style. Now for the first time she is saying it in writing--in a real book. As the title suggests, it shows that she is who she is and is ready to stand by what she says. If you have seen her brand of humor in person, you will "get it" in print. If not, it may take some getting used to. A lot of the words can't be repeated here. Sykes is am Emmy Award-winning comic who is in the film Monster-in-Law and is back on Comedy Central with a new show, Wanda Does It "Wanda Does It" is a short-lived television show on Comedy Central that displayed "a day in the life" of the world of comedian Wanda Sykes. It's tagline was "And what Wanda can't do, Wanda does anyway". . She also pops up on the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy television series Curb Your Enthusiasm; has been doing a 31-city comedy 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. routine, The Cotton T-Shirt Tour;, and appears on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers. She's even done NFL football commentary on television. So what's she doing writing a book? Because they, as in the proverbial they, said: "Wanda, you're hot ... Wanda, You need to write a book!" Aside from that, she is a smart lady, a Hampton University graduate who got her comedy start writing for Chris Rock. She tackles serious issues in her own frequently foulmouthed foulmouthed adj. Using abusive or obscene language. , nearly always funny way. If you can overlook the curse words, or actually like them, she frequently makes perfect sense. It's political commentary for those who might not read someone like, say Cornel West or Alan Keyes. The first clue that this is no ordinary book, if the title wasn't a tip-off, is her introduction about writing it, or more precisely procrastinating over it. When she gets down to business, no one seems to be safe from her wit: not George W. Bush, ("The man laughs like he just tied someone to the railroad tracks"), not Bill Clinton ("If the man would have stayed with his lie, he would have saved us all a lot of embarrassment") and not even the Pope. (That one I would really rather not repeat, but she suggests: "It's time to start thinking about putting the Pope in the Old Pope's home"). She even talks about her own mama. ("I had this gift of gab gift of gab n. The ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly. at birth ... So when my mother couldn't take it anymore she just played dead.") Angela P. Dodson, Angela P. Dodson is the executive editor of Black Issues Book Review. |
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