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After three decades of prodigious film work (and some unfortunate tabloid adventures as well), it's easy to forget that Woody Allen began his career as one heck of a great comedy writer. Getting Even, a collection of his late '60s magazine pieces, offers a look into Allen's bag of shtick, back when it was new. From the supposed memoirs of Hitler's barber: "Then, in January of 1945, a plot by several generals to shave Hitler's moustache in his sleep failed when von Stauffenberg, in the darkness of Hitler's bedroom, shaved off one of the Führer's eyebrows instead..."
Even though the idea of writing jokes about old Adolf--or addled rabbis, or Maatjes herring--isn't nearly as fresh as it used to be, Getting Even still delivers plenty of laughs. At his best, Woody can achieve a level of transcendent craziness that no other writer can match. If you're looking for a book to dip into at random, or a gift for someone who's seen Sleeper 13 times, Getting Even is a dead lock.
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The classic, with 316,000 copies sold to date.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious,
By Monica (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Getting Even (Mass Market Paperback)
Getting Even is a remarkable collection of Woody Allen's creative works of short sketches. The book is extremely humorous. It is a reminiscence of scenes from Allen's earlier films. Page to page I read, and page to page I laughed. That is how funny the book is.I liked "Mr. Big" the most. Woody Allen's humor from absurdity is a unique twist in writing. Also recommended: THE USURPER AND OTHER STORIES, A TWIST IN THE TALE
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Exceptionally Funny,
By Richie m (st peters prep) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Getting Even (Mass Market Paperback)
My english teacher,who used to stalk Mr.Allen, assigned this book to us this year im m a sophomore in HS and take honors english . I loved the book and it is super funny. We have a deli by school and one day one of the kids i nour class took getting even to the deli and started reading it aloud, everyone who was there for lunch laughed endlessly. I would reccomend this book to anyone, its a great read.
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100 stars for Woody,
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This review is from: Getting Even (Mass Market Paperback)
While reading this book, I laughed more in an hour and a half than I did all last month. Seriously, this was the funniest book I have ever read. Being new to Woody's writing, I was expecting actual essays, but what are contained here are actually short stories, and these are some of the best stories I have ever read. This may be insulting to some fans, but Woody can sort of be compared to Dave Barry, or vice versa. Barry's writing, of course, is incomparable, but you can find similarites. However, whereas Barry can sometimes sound immature and (ahem) dumb, Woody writes intelligently and hilariously. In one story that relates the history of organized crime, the author recounts how "Albert (The Logical Positivist) Corillo assassinated Kid Lipsky by locking him in a closet and sucking all the air out through a straw," initiating a bloodbath and the birth of the mob. In context, the humor is even better, and although two of the seventeen stories are somewhat lacking in Woody's trademark humor, the rest of the stories completely make up for them. I completely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the writings of Dave Barry or Douglas Adams: I guarantee that you will bust a gut or two laughing.
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