AmosL
08-10-2006, 11:06 AM
SIDE SPLITTING HUMOR
Cohen, Jaffe, Tush. Carroll and Graf, New York, 2006.
Have you ever read a book that had you laughing and crying at the same time. If you have then you know what I am talking about. Tush by Jaffe Cohen is that kind of book. Cohen knows how to be funny, He was one of the founding members of the gay comedy group Five Funny Gay Males and one of the first openly gay stand up comics. His ironic humor hits you every time and it is so nice to have a book like this to relish.
Tush is a derivative of the Yiddish word for backside (or if I can be so crass to say ass") so that already gives you a hint of where this book is going. It is the story of Joel Eisenberg, media darling and physic. He has written a bestseller, he has his own radio show, he is at the top. His fame gives him a chance to meet all those guys who had once paid no attention to him and his intuitive reasoning allows him to do some "tush" reading or has he calls it "chakra balancing". But as we have learned from life, not everything always stays good. Suddenly the phone stops ringing. Joel's young actor friend with a divine "tush" stops wanting to show it to him and Joel finds that hew has to travel to find the Mr. Wonderful that has been predicted for him by a psychic and this trip is our story.
I do have to admit that I had a bit of trouble getting through the first chapter.I was laughing so much that I had trouble turning the pages. For those of you who want a "novel" way to get into someone's pants, the first few pages of Tush gives you a road map. From that hilarious opening the rest of the book was a joy ride-- but there were times I had to sit back, put the book down and regroup. It isn't often that a book can do this--make you laugh out loud, but Jaffe does it here. Do not be deceived--the book has social value. Through zany antics and really weird characters, there is a lesson to be learned. This story of redemption through karma shows that stupidity does not always pay and that we do not always pursue the correct goals in life. Be that as it may, Jaffe shows us how to laugh at ourselves by laughing at his colorful characterizations.
Amos Lassen
Cohen, Jaffe, Tush. Carroll and Graf, New York, 2006.
Have you ever read a book that had you laughing and crying at the same time. If you have then you know what I am talking about. Tush by Jaffe Cohen is that kind of book. Cohen knows how to be funny, He was one of the founding members of the gay comedy group Five Funny Gay Males and one of the first openly gay stand up comics. His ironic humor hits you every time and it is so nice to have a book like this to relish.
Tush is a derivative of the Yiddish word for backside (or if I can be so crass to say ass") so that already gives you a hint of where this book is going. It is the story of Joel Eisenberg, media darling and physic. He has written a bestseller, he has his own radio show, he is at the top. His fame gives him a chance to meet all those guys who had once paid no attention to him and his intuitive reasoning allows him to do some "tush" reading or has he calls it "chakra balancing". But as we have learned from life, not everything always stays good. Suddenly the phone stops ringing. Joel's young actor friend with a divine "tush" stops wanting to show it to him and Joel finds that hew has to travel to find the Mr. Wonderful that has been predicted for him by a psychic and this trip is our story.
I do have to admit that I had a bit of trouble getting through the first chapter.I was laughing so much that I had trouble turning the pages. For those of you who want a "novel" way to get into someone's pants, the first few pages of Tush gives you a road map. From that hilarious opening the rest of the book was a joy ride-- but there were times I had to sit back, put the book down and regroup. It isn't often that a book can do this--make you laugh out loud, but Jaffe does it here. Do not be deceived--the book has social value. Through zany antics and really weird characters, there is a lesson to be learned. This story of redemption through karma shows that stupidity does not always pay and that we do not always pursue the correct goals in life. Be that as it may, Jaffe shows us how to laugh at ourselves by laughing at his colorful characterizations.
Amos Lassen