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Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States
Overstated A CoasttoCoast Roast of the 50 States Author:Colin Quinn Utah: The Church of States — Vermont: The Old Hippie State — Florida: The Hot Mess State — Arizona: The Instagram Model State — Wisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow State — The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples’ counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states t... more »hat are so different possibly hang together?
Colin Quinn, comedian, social commentator, and writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies 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 observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It’s ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the U.S. into being.« less