This album is filled with amusing observations, from the  searing look at the LA riots to the Rodney King trial.  There are so many puns and multiple layers to each one of Hicks' albums one could write a dissertation on them. However, as with Roger Waters' works, every album comes down to essential truths, i.e. question reality, know we have the power to effect change, look into yourself and find the interconnectedness that we all share.  That is certainly why his audience looked at him "like a dog being shown a card trick" (a reference to "Animals"? who knows).  Too many critics have focused on Hicks' "crass" or "obscene" use of words.  No one is noting that Hicks does this to make a point, to take away the power of these words.  He is not just interjecting it in every routine for effect.  There is a method to his comedic madness. A truly funny album, if one listens to it superficially; a thought provoking jab at societal mores if one looks underneath the veil.