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Madness Has a Moment and Then Vanishes Before Returning Again
Popular culture is strange. Celebrities that occupy the cult are even stranger. Are you sick of your ordinary life? Then embrace the madness for a moment, and enter a world where Shia LaBeouf is a cat, Zach Galifianakis is a werewolf, and Ryan Gosling is a serial killer of handsome actors. I promise good things can happen when you move out of your comfort zone.
183 pages, Paperback
First published July 21, 2016
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April 21, 2018
When I first received this book, I was a bit distressed. The text inside is written in a very small font. I should not have worried. Not only was the ToC perfectly legible, the stories themselves translated perfectly through my flawed vision.
The ToC is a verbal wonder to behold. These story titles spoke to me: the title story, naturally; Attack of the Offensively Insipid, Unfunny, Infantile, Slapstick Man-Children; Myths and Exaggerations Form to Frighten Vulnerable People; Munchies Hijack the Hypothalamus and Spawn an Undeniable Impulse to Feast, and A Complete Surrender to Natural Impulses without Restraint or Moderation.
In between each section of these delightfully straight-forward yet vividly bizarre short stories, there are quotes from various sources regarding madness. My favorite was by C.G. Jung. A sampling: "Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself. Life itself has no rules. That is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life."
Exactly. Benjamin DeVos creates his own contexts and adds well-know icons to flavor his hilarious yet eagle-eye view of our society. Funny, poignant, and always entertaining, this collection is a treat to absorb. My favorite story: Ignorance is Bliss, featuring a self-infatuated, girdled Matthew McConaughey at the beach. Priceless.
The ToC is a verbal wonder to behold. These story titles spoke to me: the title story, naturally; Attack of the Offensively Insipid, Unfunny, Infantile, Slapstick Man-Children; Myths and Exaggerations Form to Frighten Vulnerable People; Munchies Hijack the Hypothalamus and Spawn an Undeniable Impulse to Feast, and A Complete Surrender to Natural Impulses without Restraint or Moderation.
In between each section of these delightfully straight-forward yet vividly bizarre short stories, there are quotes from various sources regarding madness. My favorite was by C.G. Jung. A sampling: "Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself. Life itself has no rules. That is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life."
Exactly. Benjamin DeVos creates his own contexts and adds well-know icons to flavor his hilarious yet eagle-eye view of our society. Funny, poignant, and always entertaining, this collection is a treat to absorb. My favorite story: Ignorance is Bliss, featuring a self-infatuated, girdled Matthew McConaughey at the beach. Priceless.
May 23, 2018
Sometimes a book runs parallel to what you are experiencing in life. This one kept me going, though time to read has been short lately. It could be deemed as “celebrities behaving oddly,” but even those who aren’t into pop culture (myself included here) can take value in these scattershot pieces that evoke both cringes and giggles. The name given to each piece seemed to carry a personal relevance. “Madness Has a Moment…” is penned in the author’s addictive style which merges an everyday, matter of fact narrative with “weirder than toe socks” in a great way. I am looking forward to reading everything from Benjamin DeVos.
February 9, 2017
Why is Joaquin Phoenix carrying a hatchet? Why is Bono wearing a Hannibal Lecter-style mouth restraint? Why is Posh Spice dressed like the Black Ranger? And whatever happened to those "Karma Police"-crooning Kidz Bop kids? Maybe nom on some shrooms and limousine-crash your self into the zany, Hollywood-haunted mind of Ben DeVos? (Id might just pop your bubble.)
August 12, 2019
Bizarre, hilarious odyssey, at times gruesome but always to great comic effect. Can’t compare it to anything because I’ve never read anything quite like it
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