Friday, September 18, 2009
 
Book Report: The Yuppie Handbook by Marissa Piesman and Marilee Hartley (1984)
This book, like Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, is an early 80s mocking snapshot of a demographic. In this case, it's mocking the young urban professional, the Manhattanite two-career couple with eyes on improving themselves.

The craziest thing about it is you could substitute casual attire for the pinstripe suit, a DVR or Slingbox for the VCR, an iPod for the Walkman, and add some comic book allusions and come up with the modern urban geek (MUG, I just made that up but you can use it). Some of these books really prove how little has changed since the 80s. It's just we have the Internet now.

Coupled with my reading of Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, this really seems to support my assertion that culture has flattened in the last 30 years. You can read this and recognize the stereotypes and even the more common flourishes.

As with Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, the book is amusing in spots and obviously filler in other spots. Not as good as Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, but longer.

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- posted by Brian J. @ 9:51 AM
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