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Title: Vacuous, petty and elitist
Review: Let me start by saying that I agree with many of Joe Queenan's observations and, even when I don't agree, I understand where he's coming from. I enjoy listening to Billy Joel and Elton John, but I also understand that their music is just that ... something light and easy to listen to. That doesn't make it bad, just inconsequential. Unfortunately, Queenan equates inconsequential with bad as only an elitist can.Elitism is not, however, the reason I gave up on this book less than halfway through. I gave up because Queenan never stops to explain what he dislikes about that which he pillories. It's just one long rant. Movies are deemed bad solely because of who's in them. Albums are deemed bad solely because of who made them. There is no insight here; no analysis of how on earth Kenny G. could have enjoyed the fleeting fame he did or what possesses people to watch Adam Sandler movies; just a petty tirade against all that is inconsequential.
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