Nathan Fielder rebuilt a Brooklyn bar in a warehouse, down to the scuffs, so one man could rehearse a four-minute conversation. That gap between effort and stakes is what this book is about.
It treats The Rehearsal not as a stunt or a cruelty but as a real piece of philosophy about modelling other people, following scripts and running simulations of our own lives. And it asks the awkward question at the centre of the show: at what point does preparing for life start to replace it?
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (203 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.
Nathan Fielder rebuilt a Brooklyn bar in a warehouse, down to the scuffs, so one man could rehearse a four-minute conversation. That gap between effort and stakes is what this book is about.
It treats The Rehearsal not as a stunt or a cruelty but as a real piece of philosophy about modelling other people, following scripts and running simulations of our own lives. And it asks the awkward question at the centre of the show: at what point does preparing for life start to replace it?
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (203 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.