But his underlying pleasantness was key to the huge success of his stand-up act, which – even when dealing with darker material such as addiction or divorce – relied more on verbal virtuosity than vitriol.
Part of the fuel for his performance in the new play comes from a personal response to the material's insight into addiction and rehabilitation.
Worse still, our addiction to material goods and a hectic lifestyle provides only a temporary plaster for gaping emotional and spiritual wounds, which only drives greater loneliness and unhappiness.
We know that what begins with cutting poverty will, if the model isn't changed, end with an addiction to material things — things that cannot sustainably be squeezed from the earth, things that crowd out relationships and people.
Buruma and Margalit are on firmer ground when they show that all these elements are united in their portrayal of the cowardly West as so weakened by its addiction to material pleasures that it is unable to make the sacrifices necessary for its own defense.
He relocated to Miami, Florida, to record new material and recover from his addiction, which helped him to create a more upbeat album because he "want[ed] to do something positive".
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His personal life followed his cinematic: he descended into an era of sustained drug addiction and his subject material became stranger by turns.
However, it is estimated that only 8-178-17%internet pornography users experience addiction or regularly access violent materials.
More than performing, the addiction lies in constantly writing new material, he said.
