 "The
Onion: Our Dumb Century"
edited by Scott Dikkers
Three Rivers Press, 1999
If you haven't stopped
by the Onion lately,
then stop reading and go there right now. We'll wait. Ok, ready? Well,
everyone's favorite satire newspaper has just outdone themselves by putting
out this collection to stab at the hearts of those who have nauseated the
rest of us with nostalgia for the past century. What those fine folks at
the Onion have done is create mock-up (heavy on the mock)
front pages from the years 1900 to 2000, complete with headlines that read
"World's Largest Metaphor Hits Ice-Berg" (over a picture of the Titanic),
"New Medical Report Finds Heavy Petting Linked To Communism," and "Kennedy
Slain By CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons." Journalism/news
freaks will love the attention to era layouts and writing styles. The satire
is brutal. The stories are amazing. When you want non offensive,
sanitized, full color pictographs go to USA Today. When your ready to step
up to the big boys, then belly up with the Onion.
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