But the cat has to be let out of the bag. I liked this 'book' even though it was a little boring at times such as explaining why an '80s show about a supersonic helicopter got stolen is the best show in existence. In a story like that confessing to the judge, he killed 3 people because of improper movie etiquette is a little extreme I still find him being able to get his point across. The point he's trying to make is that humanity is no less flawed than other species. The other explains that having your phone out or having an annoying baby during the movie is annoying. I mean one says how we're all monkeys living an almost identical life to each other. These 2 poems specifically relate to the insanity of humanity. There were poems such as Dance, Monkeys, Dance and Cinéma Vérité.

Most of his poems were just how he was a closet geek growing up and just wanted to let the world how geeky he was about things that culture. Walking in I did not know it was only 50 some pages, but it was a good, fun, quick read. I have to say it was interesting to read. The Importance of Being Ernest, a 50-page collection of slam poetry about his outlook on life and how he should live it like he wants to live it. Would like to wipe this memory from my brain. Very uncomfortable reading, and not in a fun way. Paired with the poem 'Cinéma Vérité', which is all about killing various members of the public that are rude in a cinema viewing, Cline has a 'comedic' take that actually makes me feel like I wouldn't want to be around this man. His 'I am fetishizing a certain kind of woman, but not bimbos, ugh gross, no I want women in glasses with brains' brand of pseudo-feminism is inherently anti-feminist, and it's really gross?Īlso Cline on two separate occasions breaks from his poem to sidetrack into a joke about wanting to kill someone, and it doesn't come across as funny. Cline is writing poems heralding himself as this figurehead for men that 'aren't like all those other men', but will also tell you that you're 'not like other girls'.

I said before that Ernest Cline is 'That Guy' but jeezĪfter reading the poem 'Nerd Porn Auteur' outside of this book I knew I was getting into something bad, and the rest of the collection doesn't change that.

The importance of being earnest book