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The Apology Anthology
Bloomsbury Publishing
May 2006
On Sale: November 6, 2006
192 pages
ISBN: 158234521X
EAN: 9781582345215
Hardcover
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A collection of famous and infamous apologies - from
Janet Jackson to Jesse Jackson, Jarry Falwell to Jerry Lewis
- that proves anyone is capable of screwing up, big
time.
Whether it’s in the field of
politics, sports, entertainment, business or religion, to
err is human but to err in public is humiliating. In this
anthology of apologies ranging from grudging to groveling,
both the famous and the infamous seek forgiveness. From
Jesse Jackson (for saying “Hymietown”) to Janet Jackson (for
her wardrobe malfunction), from Hugh Grant (for the hooker)
to Bill Clinton (for the intern), from Sen. Bob Packwood
(for groping women) to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (for
groping women), the public apology has become a cleansing
rite of passage for transgressors of all kinds.
My
Bad collects the most exquisitely squirm-inducing pleas
for forgiveness to have passed the lips of the nation’s
misbehavers. Both hilarious and educational – did you know
that Ted Turner insulted not just the Italians and the Poles
but also African-Americans and Christians, or that the lead
singer for Blood, Sweat & Tears told his largely Jewish
audience that the weather was “as hot as the last train car
going to Auschwitz”? – My Bad pays tribute to the
wildly entertaining ritual that the public apology has become.
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