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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Chuck Klosterman

Scribner, 2004 - 272 pages

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Smart, witty, entertaining...

Chuck Klosterman immediately became my favorite author after reading this book. He has a very good grasp of pop culture and deconstructs them in a hillarious way. You can read sections at a time before going to bed. But in my case, the chapters ended up being too good. It kept me up reading late into the night. Also, the stuff he wrote are good fodder for interesting discussions with friends. I especially liked the section on "questions I have to ask to know if I can fall in love with this person".


No flow but the essays individually are thought-provoking and halarious!

I really enjoyed this book for one reason: looking at things that would otherwise be mundane and extrapolating philosophy from them until they become relevant. It's something me and my friends do quite often such as suggesting how different Pokémon reflect people we know in real life. Who knew that talks about MTV's Real World, Billy Joel, Saved by the Bell, or the Sims could help us figure out ourselves. I admit for someone in my age group(college kid here) that I could relate to all of the things he talked about fairly well.

Though this book comes across as a cynical, comedic work (and trust me, it does), it has an odd way of being very profound with its assessments on life. I really liked the social commentary that talks about the world that will live in today, with people being shown on the mass media as flat and static characters to be more easily understood.

The best parts of the book were actually when he wasn't talking about the topic on hand. Sometimes Klosterman would get off topic and start talking about esoteric revelations of how people come to label themselves; I really felt was amazing.

The essays might not flow from one chapter to the next, but every one will have you thinking and laughing.



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brilliant, poignant and deliciously clever.

A fond reflection and provocative portrait of the culture in which you were raised. Right on and an extremely entertaining read.






Fun in the Sun

Readers who take Chuck Klosterman at his word will have a hard time with this one. Those who can appreciate some hardcore tongue-in-cheekiness, however, will be rewarded with a highly entertaining collection of essays on a myriad of subjects. Does Klosterman overreach? Of course. Is it savvy, entertaining, and thought-provoking? Definitely.


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Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman. With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges (of which there is none). And don't even get him started on his love life and the whole Harry-Met-Sally situation.

Whether deconstructing Saved by the Bell episodes or the artistic legacy of Billy Joel, the symbolic importance of The Empire Strikes Back or the Celtics/Lakers rivalry, Chuck will make you think, he'll make you laugh, and he'll drive you insane -- usually all at once. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, politics, and kittens, but -- really -- it's about us. All of us. As Klosterman realizes late at night, in the moment before he falls asleep, "In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'" Read to believe.


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