Kelli Dunham

Self Help Edutainment At Its Very Best

Revisado: 03-15-22

So, if you're deciding about whether to listen to So You Need To Decide, let me be waaaaay more directive than this book and say: listen to it already! I didn't know if I would like this book even though I'm a big fan of Beth and Uncabaret and--like many comics who perform from outside the mainstream--owe a debt to Beth for helping to create room for us in the stand up world. But I'm skeptical of self help in general and I'm super skeptical of comedians talking to their friends on audio, having given up on the genre because of all the trash podcasts that could be simply named Some Dude Comedian Making Inside Jokes With HIs Friends. Anyway I was totally wrong. First of all, this isn't really a self help book, in a traditional sense, it's more like a series of conversations with people who have struggled with different types of decisions, with Beth asking gently probing questions, and you'll either relate or you won't with what any given person says, but you'll definitely feel less alone. So that's one huge benefit, but the other really valuable thing this book offers is decisional perspective. We so seldom get to hear the background behind other people's decisions about even really major things, at least beyond the circles of our emotional intimates. But the conversations provide a genuinely helpful glimpse into what's going on in the brains of strangers! In less skillful hands this could have been reality teevee-esque but Beth's authenticity and good manners (as the listener you never feel left out of the joke) makes this a very warm, connected --even transformative-- listening experience. Also, you might well LOL in spots as Beth is funny and she has funny friends.

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