Bill Maher ist bekannt für seine scharfe politische Satire und bissigen soziopolitischen Kommentare. Seine Arbeit seziert furchtlos eine breite Palette von Themen, von ganz rechts bis ganz links, verschiedene Bürokratiesysteme, religiöse Institutionen, die Fallstricke der politischen Korrektheit, die Unterhaltungsindustrie und den allgegenwärtigen Einfluss der Massenmedien. Er fordert konsequent diejenigen heraus, die bedeutende politische und soziale Macht innehaben, und setzt sich für Themen wie die Legalisierung von Cannabis und die gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe ein, während er Tierrechtsorganisationen unterstützt. Maher wird als eine bedeutende Stimme in der zeitgenössischen Comedy anerkannt und zählt zu den größten Stand-up-Comedians aller Zeiten.
The comedian host of Politically Incorrect draws on previously written material and the "New Rules" segments of his popular cable show, Real Time, to consider such topics as cell phones, fast food, and the agendas of conservative government figures. 250,000 first printing.
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever—a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture. Some of the smartest commentary about what’s happening in America is coming from a comedian—this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what’s wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead. The book was inspired by the “editorial” Bill delivers at the end of each episode of Real Time. These editorials are direct-to-camera sermons about culture, politics, and what’s happening in the world. To put this book together, Maher reviewed more than a decade of his editorials, rewriting, reimagining, and updating them. Free speech, cops, drugs, race, religion, the generations, cancel culture, the parties, the media, show biz, romance, health—Maher covers it all. The result is a hugely entertaining work of commentary about American culture in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and H. L. Mencken.