A review by monkie
Dave Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry

2.0

Up until now I've always really liked Dave Barry, and this one did have its funny moments, but the narration was just... so horrible. The constant caricature accent a la Mickey Rooney started out cringey and went downhill from there. I could have dealt with it being a little offensive, but this was worse - it was grating and obnoxious and just so unfunny. Besides this, it was about how you'd expect, Dave Barry going to Japan, experiencing culture shock, acting very American, and then mostly just poking fun at his own ignorance. A couple transphobic statements thrown out randomly, nothing particularly clever, an unhealthy obsession with tentacles. Definitely not his best, but probably tolerable in written form.