I'd Rather We Got Casinos

And Other Black Thoughts

By: Larry Wilmore

Narrated by: Larry Wilmore

From the host of Comedy Central's newest program, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, comes the first paperback reprint of his funny and provocative musings on race in America and other nightly topics--updated with new material for this edition.

Now boasting three new chapters and an introduction exclusive the trade paperback edition, I'd Rather We Got Casinos And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore gives Wilmore's on-screen character of the same name a place to voice his opinions on controversial topics in a way that anyone can find amusing . . . and eye-opening. Exploring various literary forms such as op-ed pieces, epistolary entries, graduation speeches, and long-lost transcripts, the result is a collection that the expanded audience from his successful Comedy Central program will enjoy, including: why black weathermen make him feel happy (or sad); why brothas don't see UFOs; letters to the NAACP; and more, including his frustration with Black History Month -- after all, can twenty-eight days of trivia really make up for centuries of oppression?"©2009 Hardstone Productions, Inc.; (P)2009 Hyperion

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If you could sum up I'd Rather We Got Casinos in three words, what would they be?

Larry Wilmore Hilarious

What other book might you compare I'd Rather We Got Casinos to and why?

I Am America and So Can You

What about Larry Wilmore’s performance did you like?

He has a great tone and humor

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Larry helps me with being white.

Funny. Enlightening. Good listen. What? You need 8 more words? I mean 5? Never mind. Oh, wait. Be sure to catch Lar on his podcast; Black on the Air.

I'm not smart enough to understand Larry Wilmore

I think I'm smart, I'm pretty well educated, and socially aware. I just don't get the Wilmore angle. If the entire commentary is a send-up then okay I guess I see some fleeting value as a parody, nothing more. On the other hand, Wilmore seems to trade in gross stereotypes of a single race, which benefits no one, except Wilmore.

Brief, but funny.

Approx 3hrs in length. Of no real substance, but humorous. Mostly thoughts on race relations from a mildly conservative Black (Larry would prefer the term Chocolate) perspective.

Keeping it a 100 before that was a thing

Amusing and thought provoking definitely ahead of his time with his observation about race and still right on time with these thoughts. Wish he would write about this past election.