RE: why I like the Dummies books - was Boring documentation

["Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>]

Steven Jong said...

> 
> In addition to buying some Dummies books, I have proofread some
Dummies
> books. From my perspective, the successful ones marry a subject
newbies
> would legitimately wonder about (say, Wine For Dummies--though I
> haven't read that book and am not endorsing it) with a writer who can
> pull off the style. I have seen titles in the series that are simply
> too complex, or written by someone who can't write humor and instead
> lards the material with desperate gags and japes. Face it--not
everyone
> can write humor.
> 

Humor is indeed a fine art, and rare is the person who's able to write
or perform humor well. That's why we call Robin Williams a "genius" for
the same kind of silly and spontaneous antics that we would label most
other people a "jackass" for attempting.

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