Título: You Can Do It!: Speak Your Mind, America
Autor: Rob Schneider
Sinopse: An unfiltered and outrageously funny commentary on the threats to free speech in America from the legendary comedian, actor, and Emmy-nominated SNL writer.
Rob Schneider’s childhood in the San Francisco Bay area with parents of mixed-race backgrounds shaped his view of the world: that America affords the greatest opportunity for peoples from all nations and all faiths. But today, in this world gone mad, free speech is under attack. And Schneider keeps finding himself in controversy for questioning what woke ideology is doing to our great nation.
Still, he refuses to be censored. In his debut book, Schneider will make you laugh out loud as he tells his unique story of a Hollywood-comedian-turned-vocal-advocate for open dialogue. He takes readers along for a ride through his life in show business (where he’s starred in 27 movies with his friend Adam Sandler), shares stories from the glory days of Saturday Night Live, and makes a persuasive case for fearlessness in speech and pushing the boundaries in comedy. Comedians matter because they have a unique position in society to stand up against tyranny. In this book, Schneider shares never-before-told personal stories about Chris Farley, Norm Macdonald, Christopher Walken, Dana Carvey, and Martin Landau, and other comedy legends.
You Can Do It! is part celeb memoir, part warning, and part siren call to action. It was said during the days of Covid the difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth was about six months. Influenced by his own experiences in Hollywood, Schneider illustrates his points about free expression with provocative commentary on things you aren't suppose to question, like identity politics, Covid tyranny, "global boiling," medical freedoms and more. Schneider refuses to believe he’s dangerous for saying what he thinks. In fact, the opposite is true—it’s dangerous to not question the narrative. It’s dangerous to not exercise your free speech.
That’s what Rob Schneider’s doing. And as this humorous, shocking, irreverent but insightful book shows readers, you can do it too.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “You Can Do It!: Speak Your Mind, America”, de Rob Schneider, publicado pela editora Center Street, em 2024 e com 256 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Center Street
Páginas: 256
Ano: 2024
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1546007865
ISBN13: 9781546007869
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Center Street trazem narrativas que combinam investigação detalhada e relatos pessoais intensos, com foco em temas sociais, políticos e espirituais. A leitura frequentemente apresenta conflitos profundos, como crimes complexos, batalhas ideológicas e jornadas de transformação pessoal, que se desenrolam em ambientes que vão desde cenários urbanos contemporâneos até desertos antigos ou instituições religiosas. O catálogo revela uma diversidade que vai do relato jornalístico investigativo a obras de desenvolvimento pessoal e ficção histórica, com ritmo que varia entre o tenso e o reflexivo, sempre com uma linguagem acessível e direta.
