Zan's review of The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters
The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters by Chip Kidd
This is a quick read and mostly enjoyable. The cover and title pages have really great design work, as Kidd is known for, and the book is worth picking up for that reason alone.
I've heard a lot of critics say that it's extremely predictable and it sort of is in that "crazy teacher that students hate and then bond with" kind of way. What it has that movies and books of this tired genre lack are a few good twists, a lot of good dark humor and a teacher whose inspirational speeches have less happy you-can-do-it Stand and Deliver(thank you public education for shoving that Edwards James Almos trainwreck down my throat so many times) horseshit involved and a lot more masturbatory hand gestures and jeers directed towards studio artists.
If you go/have gone to art school, like graphic design, or just think that studio art degrees are kind of a waste of time this is a good book for you. If you don't have the slightest background in this sort of thing then I really don't...more
I've heard a lot of critics say that it's extremely predictable and it sort of is in that "crazy teacher that students hate and then bond with" kind of way. What it has that movies and books of this tired genre lack are a few good twists, a lot of good dark humor and a teacher whose inspirational speeches have less happy you-can-do-it Stand and Deliver(thank you public education for shoving that Edwards James Almos trainwreck down my throat so many times) horseshit involved and a lot more masturbatory hand gestures and jeers directed towards studio artists.
If you go/have gone to art school, like graphic design, or just think that studio art degrees are kind of a waste of time this is a good book for you. If you don't have the slightest background in this sort of thing then I really don't...more
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