Colin Quinn Reads From His New Book For You: Listen to Him Roast a Bunch of States
Colin Quinn’s a genius. We all know it. So when you find out he has a new book, album, special or show out, you buy it.
Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the Fifty States, comes out on St Martin’s Press on September 22nd, and you can order it right here.
Colin Quinn is one of the most beloved voices in comedy, and his examinations of our culture, our politics and our history, are as funny as they are revealing. Quinn has an incredible talent for finding beliefs Americans have accepted without question, and poking gigantic holes in those beliefs. And while he teaches us that the our long held convictions are ridiculous, he has us hysterically laughing at ourselves for being such dummies.
His new book, Overstated, comes off the heels of his most recent one-man show, Red State Blue State, which premiered in January 2019 to rave reviews at The Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. The show aired on CNN as the network’s first comedy special in May 2019 and is currently streaming on Netflix. Of course “Red State Blue State” followed the wildly successful off-Broadway run of “Colin Quinn: The New York Story”, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, “Colin Quinn Unconstitutional”, and “Colin Quinn: Long Story Short,” which garnered a Drama Desk Award nomination.
As part of “Red State Blue State” Colin had a brilliant riff on the 50 states. “Overstated” expands on that premise, asking questions like “how can a nation composed of states that range from Utah (“The church of states”) to Vermont (“The state of relevant old people”) possibly hang together? Running state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii, Quinn calls us out on how we actually live and points out the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government—after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today?– to dead-on-funny observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in every American region, OVERSTATED skewers us all.
“We made promises in the Constitution that no one can live up to. And our system wasn’t set up to back up the words. A representative democracy has a low of flaws to it—because representatives are humans. They have to deal with hundreds of different needs and personalities in their districts. And there are just too many people! It’s like your wedding. You plan the tables to make sure the people who hate each other don’t sit too close to each other. You want to try to say ‘hi’ to everybody, but ultimately you make sure you spend time with the people with the biggest envelope.”
In preliminary reviews, Publishers Weekly writes “Quinn’s sardonic portrait of America in decline will resonate with readers suspicious of ideological stalwarts on both the right and the left.” And Booklist raved “For all 50 states Quinn pulls off the remarkable feat of being both very informative and thoroughly entertaining. This delightful read is highly recommended.”
Give a listen to CQ sharing excerpts from his new book below. And click that order button. What are you waiting for?
Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the Fifty States, comes out on St Martin’s Press on September 22nd, and you can order it right here.
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