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Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity
Written by Joel Stein
Narrated by Joel Stein
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
The smudge looked suspiciously penis- like. The doctor confirmed: "That's the baby's penis!" which caused not celebration, but panic. Joel pictured having to go camping and fix a car and use a hammer and throw a football and watch professionals throw footballs and figure out whether to be sad or happy about the results of said football throwing.
So begins his quest to confront his effete nature whether he likes it or not (he doesn't), by doing a twenty-four-hour shift with L.A. firefighters, going hunting, rebuilding a house, driving a Lamborghini, enduring three days of boot camp with the U.S. Army, day-trading with $100,000, and going into the ring with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. Seeking help from a panel of experts, including his manly father-in-law, Boy Scouts, former NFL star Warren Sapp, former MLB All-Star Shawn Green, Adam Carolla, and a pit bull named Hercules, he expects to learn that masculinity is defined not by the size of his muscles, but by the size of his heart (also, technically, a muscle). This is not at all what he learns.
So begins his quest to confront his effete nature whether he likes it or not (he doesn't), by doing a twenty-four-hour shift with L.A. firefighters, going hunting, rebuilding a house, driving a Lamborghini, enduring three days of boot camp with the U.S. Army, day-trading with $100,000, and going into the ring with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. Seeking help from a panel of experts, including his manly father-in-law, Boy Scouts, former NFL star Warren Sapp, former MLB All-Star Shawn Green, Adam Carolla, and a pit bull named Hercules, he expects to learn that masculinity is defined not by the size of his muscles, but by the size of his heart (also, technically, a muscle). This is not at all what he learns.
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Reviews for Man Made
Rating: 4.175 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked the book. It was little more serious than his columns and was a good diversion from the other types of reading that I do. He gets added to my list of humor writers that give me a good "ha ha"
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joel finds out he's having a son and panics, because he's not into doing the things he thinks most boys/men like to do: drinking beer, hunting, watching football and fixing things around the house. He decides to "man-up" by camping out with boy scouts (only 1 night), spending time with fire fighters (24-hours), watching football with former pro-players/coach, drink whiskey (or maybe it was scotch?) and take part in boot camp (only 3 days).
He does learn some things along the way and comes to realize that it isn't these aren't the THINGS that he needs to do to make his son look up to him "as a man". (Although, Joel can now navigate his was through some "manly" conversations.) One thing he needs to do is NOT FEAR an experience.
This review would really be easier to write if it wasn't 2 days later and I had the book with me!