Low-hanging fruit : sparkling whines, champagne problems, and pressing issues from my gay agenda

Low-hanging fruit Sparkling whines, champagne problems, and pressing issues from my gay agenda

Randy Rainbow, 1981-

Book - 2024

"A new essay collection by adored comedian and New York Times bestseller Randy Rainbow. Randy Rainbow has a few things on his mind that he wants to talk about. As a savvy social commentator tuned into the public discourse, his unfailing intuition tells him that the perspective everyone in America is clamoring for is that of a privileged white male complaining about a bunch of shit. While writing his New York Times bestseller Playing With Myself, Randy saw an America in crisis. He knew that what the country needed to get back on its high heels was a hard-hitting gay agenda and here it is -- Low Hanging Fruit -- a book filled with sparkling whines, a few flutes of champagne problems and a Birkin bag of the most pressing issues facing the... US, from dancing TikTok grandmas, to Elon Musk, the GOP, and Donald Jessica Trump. On the down low, Randy dishes up some sex talk about life on the dating apps, Craigslist hookups and more. ("Gurl, wait till you hear the story about the fireman and the goggles...") Randy's longtime companion, the glamorous Chinchilla Silver Persian cat Tippi, makes an appearance as she dishes about her life Chez Randy. And, in the most highly anticipated sequel since Top Gun: Maverick, Randy continues the conversation with his mother, Gwen, because who knows better than the Jewish mother of a gay man about how to solve America's problems? Randy Rainbow's Low Hanging Fruit -- a bold manifesto for a nation desperately in need of a makeover"--

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Political manifestos.
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Singers > United States > Biography.
Gay men > United States > Biography.
Jewish men > United States > Biography.
manifestoes.
Published
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Randy Rainbow, 1981- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
viii, 207 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781250327147
  • Letter of resignation
  • Gurl, you're a Karen
  • Randy Rainbow for President!
  • Twenty thousand leagues under the D
  • My name is 'a'
  • Lifestyles of the niche and fame-ish
  • RIP, my attention span
  • Rider? I hardly know her!
  • My gay agenda
  • I feel bad about my balls
  • Life sucks, wear the damn lipstick
  • Would that I had an ass
  • Notes from a litter box
  • Ladies and gentleman...my mother (the sequel)
  • Memos to my upstairs neighbor: an emotional odyssey in six parts
  • Declaration of cancellation
  • Where do trolls come from?
  • A dear John to social media
  • From the peanut gallery
  • Don't panic, it's just my face
  • And while we're on the subject...
  • Do I hear a schmaltz?
  • Bows
  • Acknowledgments.
Review by Booklist Review

Randy Rainbow follows up 2022's Playing with Myself with this collection of bubbling essays, wherein he announces his run for president, cancels himself, and details dozens of annoyances, issues, and problems in his signature style. Whether he is agonizing over being famous enough to have a tour rider but not famous enough that anyone actually reads it, mildly lamenting the loss of his attention span to the fast-moving wilds of social media, or bemoaning that time he accidentally mispronounced Valhalla on a national stage, Rainbow's writing is full of bon mots and self-deprecation. Peppering his essays are adorable sketches from the perspective of his cat and the missing a in a certain icon's uniquely spelled name (hello, gorgeous) and even poetry (perhaps unsurprising, given Rainbow's songwriting bona fides), adding an avant-garde touch to the collection. Rainbow's many fans will enjoy a few more glimpses into his life and a megadose of the humor that brings millions to his YouTube and TikTok channels.

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

YouTube comedian Rainbow (Playing with Myself) unloads on politics, dating, and social media, among other topics, in this side-splitting essay collection. Recounting an exasperating phone exchange with a customer service representative, Rainbow recalls his "inner Karen wanting to escape" like Bruce Banner transforming into the Hulk: "My short brown hair was suddenly sprouting a freshly ironed blond bob, and my normal civilian clothes began tearing at the seams to reveal mom jeans." In a eulogy to his attention span, Rainbow laments how the internet has eroded his enjoyment of offline activities, noting how much he misses "being able to watch an entire movie... without having to Wikipedia the plot less than fifteen minutes in." Elsewhere, he reminisces on memorable hookups, confesses to benign offenses to get ahead of potential attempts to cancel him ("I hoarded a large quantity of pocket-sized Bath & Body Works scented hand sanitizers during COVID"), and serves up a Shakespearean poem bemoaning his flat rear end ("O would that I had an ass, most coveted of gay-boy bumps"). Rainbow's saucy takes on the maladies of modern life position him as a kind of millennial Larry David, and the wry humor lives up to that comparison. This will leave readers with a smile. Agent: Anthony Matteo, CAA. (Oct.)

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

ANew York Times bestselling queer social commentator/comedian transforms his personal and political pet peeves into an uproarious act of civic responsibility. Nothing is sacred in this collection of 24 satirical essays. A self-proclaimed privileged white male "whiner" who believes "there are simply right and wrong ways to do just about everything," Rainbow satirizes everything from "stupid people" and their total "lack of common sense" to his Chinchilla Silver Persian cat and the Jewish mother he adores and also admits he would like to murder. One of his favorite targets is social media, in particular those with small followings who dare call themselves "content creators." The author sees their never-ending quest to flood the internet with videos of themselves doing the "unextraordinary" as "influenza" rather than influence. At the same time, he mocks his own dependency in "A Dear John to Social Media." Rainbow writes, "I'm grateful for all you've done for me, but I'm losing myself in you." His most favorite targets, however, are political. With delightfully bold effervescence, Rainbow counters the threat of a renewed MAGA agenda with one he calls FAGA: "Finally America's Gay Again!" He then lays out plans for restoring American fabulousness, which include dressing all public school children in Bob Mackie--designed sequin uniforms and installing one "bad-bitch drag queen" for every radically conservative justice on the Supreme Court. To help reduce the need for air conditioning in the age of climate change, all Americans "will receive a super-cute Randy Rainbow tank top with matching booty shorts" made from "the most economically efficient nylon clothing China can offer." Tart, sassy, and hilariously funny from start to finish, Rainbow's book offers laughter as a tonic for troubled times. Brazenly funny and sharp. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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